Born on Aug 24th, 1779, and was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to Hompesch’s Mounted Riflemen on Nov 16th, 1799. He joined the 63rd Foot on Oct 5th, 1804, and the Staff as Surgeon on Jan 2nd, 1806. He was appointed Physician to the Forces on Aug 1st, 1811, and was promoted Deputy Inspector of Hospitals

Son of Thomas Ransome, manager of Messrs Gurney’s Bank at Norwich. He was born at Norwich on March 4th, 1779, was apprenticed to a surgeon at Lynn, and entering Guy's Hospital became a pupil of Sir Astley Cooper, with whom he was ever afterwards in friendly correspondence. He endeavoured, but unsucc

Conrad Latto was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. He was born on 3 March 1915, the son of David and Christina Latto. His father was the town clerk of Dundee, his mother a frugal Scot who scrupulously saved towards the education of their three sons. Conrad, Gordon and Do

Murray Pheils was professor of surgery at the University of Sydney. He was born in Birmingham on 2 December 1917, the younger of the two sons of Elmer Theodore Pheils, an osteopath, and Lilian Mary née Cole. His father Elmer was a colourful character: he was born in Toledo, Ohio, and trained as an o

Born March 2nd, 1818; educated at St Bartholomew's and St George's Hospitals and at Paris. Joined the Cape Mounted Riflemen as Assistant Surgeon, June 30th, 1843, and served in the field with this regiment during the Kaffir War of 1846-1847 (medal). He joined the Staff on Jan 12th, 1849, was transfe

Born Sept 23rd, 1834; educated at University College. Entered the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon, Feb 10th, 1859; promoted Surgeon Feb 10th, 1871, and Surgeon Major July 1st, 1873. Retired Nov 5th, 1884, and died at Romford on May 15th, 1885.

The son of John Phillips, surgeon, of Pall Mall and Great Burton, Suffolk, was appointed Assistant Surgeon to the Grenadier Guards on June 16th, 1808. He was with his regiment in the Walcheren Expedition, in Spain at the Battle of Barosa, for which he received the Medal, and at the Battle of Corunna

Practised at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and his death was reported to the Council in July, 1844, the authority for the report being The Times for June 19th, 1844. [2] [Amendments from the annotated edition of *Plarr's Lives* at the Royal College of Surgeons: [1] MRCS under the name John Forster (He chang

Was Surgeon to the South Herts Yeomanry Cavalry. He died at Hatfield on April 21st, 1855.

Studied in Dublin and London. He lectured on midwifery and surgery at the Sheffield Medical School, and died in retirement at Sheffield on Sept 28th, 1867. See below for an amended version of the published obituary: William Jackson was a general surgeon in Sheffield, and a co-founder of the Sheffi

The son of William Pettigrew, whose ancestor, the Gowan Priest ‘Clerk Pettigrew’, is mentioned by Sir Walter Scott in *Rob Roy*. The father was a Naval Surgeon who served in the *Victory* before the time of Nelson. Thomas was born in Fleet Street, London, on Oct 28th, 1791, and was educated at a pri

The youngest of the three children of Augustus Barker, a surgeon practising in Westminster, who married Sarah Anne Wilder at St Anne’s Church, Westminster, on May 8th, 1806. His father was the Rev W H Barker, of Carmarthen. W R H Barker was born on October 17th, 1810, and, his parents dying whilst