Born 6 September 1864 at 8 Clifford Street, London, W, the fourth child and eldest surviving son of Thomas W Cook, head of the tailoring firm of T W Cook and Sons, and Adelaide Walton, daughter of William Walton of Richmond, Surrey. He was educated at Charterhouse, Godalming (Bodeites and Hodsonites

Born at Manchester, the fifth son of John George Adami by his wife Sarah Ann Ellis, daughter of Thomas Leech, of Urmston, Lancashire. His uncle, David John Leech (1840-1900), was Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the Victoria University, and Physician to the Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Born on 3 October 1866 the eldest son of Isaac Waring of Southport, he was educated at Owen's College, Manchester and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he entered in 1886 as a scholar in Natural Science, obtained the BSc with honours in physiology in 1888, the MB in 1890 with honours in medicine and

Born on 14 December 1875 son of Robinson Souttar DCL, Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire from 1895 to 1900, he was educated at Oxford High School and Queen's College, Oxford where he took a double first in mathematics and also studied engineering. He was a keen athlete and particularly fond of r

Born in Guernsey on 24 October 1851, the second child and second son of James Mansell Moullin, MRCS, who was then surgeon to St Mary de Castro Hospital in the Island, and his wife Matilda Emily Grigg of Newbury, Berks. His father moved afterwards to 80 Porchester Terrace, London, W2, and practised t

Born at Farnham, Surrey, the son of Benjamin May, an official of the Inland Revenue. He entered Sydenham College, then attached to the General Hospital, Birmingham, as a medical school in 1864. During 1870-73 he held the post of resident surgical officer, with supervision of all the surgical beds, a

Born in Hertfordshire in 1862 the son of George Swain, he was educated at Westminster Hospital Medical School, which he entered with a scholarship in 1879. He won the Chadwick and other prizes, and held the usual resident appointments. He went to Bristol as house surgeon at the Royal Infirmary, and

Born on 11 February 1883 the youngest son of Frederick Joseph Frankau, a barrister, Claude Frankau was educated at Rugby and St George's Hospital, to which he devoted his career. After qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1907 he held resident posts in the hospital. He took the Fellowship at the

The son of H Clayton Greene, of Liverpool, and grandson of Isaac Penny, of Liscard Manor, Cheshire. He was educated at Oundle and Rossall Schools and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he graduated with an ordinary degree. He obtained the Open University Scholarship with which he entered S

Born on 4 September 1880 eldest of the two sons and two daughters of Samuel Johnson (1846-99), Medical Officer of Health for Stoke-on-Trent and Julia his wife, daughter of James Webb. Mrs Johnson died only in 1931; her children had all adopted her maiden surname, Webb, before their father's name. Dr

Born at Plymouth, 12 April 1855, eldest son of Colonel Richard Anderson, of the 56th Essex Regiment and afterwards of the KLI, and his wife Eliza Harriet Outerbridge. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and as soon as he had qualified, was appointed resident surgeon on 31

Henry Simpson Newland was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 24 November 1873. He was of the third generation of a pioneer family that settled on the south coast of South Australia in 1839. He was educated at St Mary's College and the University of Adelaide, graduating MB BS in 1896. He then came