Born on August 21st, 1847, the son of John Pritchard Wall, a surgeon with a large West-end practice. He was educated at Epsom College, and matriculated at the University of London in 1865, afterwards entering at St Mary's Hospital, where he was a hard worker and a prize-winner: he also studied in Pa

Born 23 January 1866 at Wincanton, Somerset, the second son of Samuel Deanesly, wine merchant, and his wife, *née* Dowding. He was educated at King's School, Bruton, Somerset, and at University College Hospital, where he was vice-president of the medical society and served as house surgeon, house ph

Born 19 September 1864, the son of Henry Dean of 4 Rosary Gardens, London, SW. He was educated at University College, and had an undergraduate career of extreme brilliancy, winning medals in physiology and surgery, and being exhibitioner and gold medallist in anatomy. In 1889 he joined the staff of

Born on 24 March 1865 at Wellington, New Zealand, the son of Alfred A Barnett, JP. He was educated at Wellington State School and College, and at Otago University, Dunedin. He made his medical studies at Edinburgh where he graduated, and at the Middlesex Hospital where he served as house surgeon. Af

Born 17 April 1850 at Newark, New Jersey, the son of Alfred Lewis Dennis and Eliza Shepard, his wife. He was educated at Winchester Academy, Connecticut, where he made an intimate and lasting friendship with W H Welch, afterwards professor of pathology at the Johns Hopkins University. From Wincheste

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 1873 at Stratford St Mary, Suffolk, only son and eldest of the three children of Ferdinand Campion Batchelor, MRCS 1871 and Annie Jordison, his wife, who came of a Cheshire family. His father was at that time district medical officer of the Samford Union, but emigrated to New Zealand in 1874. H

Born 1881 at Worcester, the younger son of Tom Bates, MRCS 1868, and Alice Mary Davis, his wife. The elder son, Tom Bates, was also a Fellow. Mark Bates was educated at King's School, Worcester, and at St John's College, Oxford, where he took third-class honours in physiology in the final school of

Born at Worcester on 12 October 1878, the third child and eldest son of Tom Bates, MRCS 1868, and Alice Mary Davis, his wife. Tom Bates senior died on 3 April 1916 (*Brit med J*. 1916, 1, 574; *Lancet*, 1916, 1, 837); his younger son Mark was also a Fellow. Tom Bates the younger was educated at Worc

Born at Rew, Malborough, South Devon on 11 June 1851, eighth child and fourth son of Richard Adams, yeoman farmer, and Mary Dorothy Fairweather his wife. His elder brother, James Adams, FRCS, was the third son in the family, and Josiah Oake Adams, FRCS, was his cousin. John Adams was educated at Dr

Born 9 February 1884 at Ashburton, Devon, the only son of James Adams (1850-1937), FRCS, of Eastbourne, and his wife Annie Pewsy. His uncle, John Adams (1851-1938), and a cousin, Josiah Oake Adams (1842-1925), were also Fellows of the College. J W Adams was educated at Tonbridge School and Caius