Born in his grandfather's house at Birmingham on Dec. 11th, 1815. He was the second son of the Rev. Henry Augustus Holden, who married his cousin Hyla Holden of Wednesbury in Staffordshire. His elder brother, Henry Holden, D.D. (b. 1814) , was Canon of Durham, a fine scholar and the editor with Rich

Born at Copenhagen on July 19th, 1818, the eldest son of Eric Erichsen, banker at Copenhagen by his wife, who belonged to the Govett family of Somerset. The Erichsens are a well-known Danish family and the 'Palais Erichsen' in Copenhagen perpetuates the name. Eric Erichsen received his early educat

Alexander Cameron, known as ‘Alistair’, was a consultant surgeon at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He was born in Tranent, East Lothian, on 1 August 1933, the son of Alexander Cameron, a miner who became vice-president of the National Union of Mineworkers for the Scottish area, and Margaret née Hogg,

George Carr was a consultant surgeon in Stockport. He was born on 10 March 1922 at Monk Bretton, near Barnsley. His father, James Frederick Carr, began his working life aged 14 as a miner, but went on to get a mining degree from Sheffield University. He became a pilot in the first world war and was

Richard Alan Cobb was a consultant surgeon in Birmingham. He was born in Plymouth on 27 August 1953, the son of Alan Percival Cobb, a Royal Navy officer, and Sheila née Daly. He was educated at Monkton Combe School, where he was senior prefect, and then had a short service commission with the 3rd Ba

Educated at University College, London, where he was House Surgeon. During the Crimean campaign he was Medical Officer to the Crimean Engineer Corps. He then settled in practice at Salisbury in partnership with John Andrews, and was Surgeon to the Salisbury Infirmary, Deputy Coroner for the South Di

The son of John Carden, Surgeon to the Worcester Infirmary, born at Worcester, was educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. His elder brother, Thomas, had succeeded his father and was in turn succeeded by Henry Douglas, who held the post from 1888-1861, when he became Consulting Surgeon. He enjoyed a

Educated at Guy’s Hospital. He practised first at Amersham, Buoks, and was then successively Surgeon to Pentonville and Clerkenwell Prisons, and finally to Millbank. He was a member of the Physical Society of Guy’s Hospital and of the Pathological Society. His private address was 32 Bessborough Stre

Born on Nov. 6th, 1830, the fourth son of William Hulke, surgeon, of Deal in Kent, where the family had practised from the time it was driven out of the Low Countries by the persecution of the Duke of Alva two hundred years earlier. Young Hulke was educated in the Moravian College of Neuwied from 18

Educated at University College, London. He was Assistant Surgeon to the Dowlais Iron Works, Glamorganshire, and then practised for many years at Pewsey, Wilts, where he was Medical Officer to the Union District and Workhouse. After his retirement he resided at The Alders, 70 St Helen’s Road, Hasting

Educated at University College Hospital, London, and practised at Plymouth and next at Brighton, first at 83 Grand Parade and at 2 Pavilion Street, and then at 24 Old Steine, where he died on September 14th, 1894. He was at one time Physician to the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, and was

Studied at St Thomas’s and Guy’s Hospitals, and after qualifying practised in Cambridge. He opened a discussion in 1860, at the Cambridge Branch of the British Medical Association, upon the treatment of acute inflammatory diseases. Antiphlogistic measures were considered undesirable; some would use