Born on 14 December 1872, the son of Axel Key, professor of pathological anatomy at the Royal Caroline Institute, Stockholm, he was partly of Scottish descent. Key graduated in 1907 and served from 1911 to 1937 as surgeon to the Maria Hospital, Stockholm, and was appointed also professor of surgery

George Frank Adams was a surgeon in South Africa and Zambia. He was born in Kimberley, South Africa, the son of Wilfrid Adams, a schoolmaster, and Henrietta Louisa Adams née Africa. He was educated at Perseverance Primary School and William Pescod High School, both in Kimberley, and then went on to

Born at Islington on 12 June 1863, the eldest son of John Barnett, public secretary, and Emma Sewell, his wife. He was at school at Streatham Hill and at Oxford, before entering Charing Cross Hospital Medical School; where he won the Bone prize in 1881 and the physiology medal in 1882. After qualify

Born at Newmarket on 20 September 1847, where his father, William Barrow, and brother practised as veterinary surgeons. He was the second son; his mother's maiden name was Boyce. He was educated at Aldridges, Bury St Edmunds and at King's College, London. He received his medical education at King's

Born at Pavia, 14 April 1844. As a young man he served in Garibaldi's army. He was successively professor of surgery at Pavia, Genoa, and Padua. Interested in the radical treatment for the cure of hernia, he was a pioneer in its cure by the open operation, remembered as "Bassini's operation". He die

Born on 5 October 1877, son of James Connor of the Survey of India, Frank Powell Connor received his school and early medical education in India. He then entered St Bartholomew's Hospital where he won the Brackenbury surgical scholarship. In 1902 he took the FRCS and entered the Indian Medical Servi

He received his medical education at St Thomas's Hospital, qualifying in 1933. At the time of his death he held appointments as surgeon to the Seamen's Hospital Greenwich, the Miller General Hospital, the Woolwich War Memorial Hospital and the Brook General Hospital. He died in hospital on 27 August

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George Decker was chief of surgery at J G Strijdom Hospital, Johannesburg, one of the five main provincial teaching hospitals of the University of the Witwatersrand. He was born in Mossel Bay, a coastal town in the Cape Province of South Africa. His parents were of Dutch and German decent; his only

Robin Downie was a consultant general surgeon in Liverpool. He was born on 2 May 1927 in Hightown, Merseyside, the son of a dentist. He was educated at Holmwood School, Formby, and Shrewsbury, where he excelled at sport. He then carried out his military service, during which time he took a six-month

Born at Cheltenham on 8 October 1864, the sixth child and third son of John Johnson Brown, of Blenheim House, Cheltenham, and Kate Fanny Luscombe, his wife. His father was a man of independent means, the son was educated at Cheltenham, where he was a day boy from September 1878 until he left to matr

Born in London on 10 April 1874 the fifth child and second son of John Theodore Rodocanachi, merchant, and Fanny Mavrogordato, his wife. He was educated at University College School, University College, and University College Hospital. He won an exhibition and the gold medal in organic chemistry at