John Samuel Richardson was a former President of the General Medical Council and the British Medical Association who inadvertently played a key role in the resignation of Macmillan in 1963. The son of a solicitor, he was born on 16 June 1910 in Sheffield, where his grandfather had been Lord Mayor, M

Born on May 24th, 1834, and educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He enjoyed the distinction of possessing the highest medical and surgical qualifications obtainable in the United Kingdom. He practised at 12 Frederick Place, Weymouth, and was Hon Physician to the County Hospital, Dorchester, a post

Born on October 21st, 1777; he joined the Army as Surgeon's Mate on the Hospital Staff, not attached to a regiment, on June 11th, 1801. He was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 61st Regiment of Foot on August 25th, 1804, and promoted to Surgeon of the Sicilian Regiment on March 17th, 1808. He again

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland. He was the second son of Lieut-Colonel Herbert Lloyd, of Chelsea. Settling as a medical practitioner in Bath in 1829, he practised there for more than forty years, holding various medical appointments. At the time of h

The son of Henry Compton Law, of Allington, by the daughter of the Rev John Taylor, Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Caroline. He was first articled to S S Varcombe, of Castle Cary, and in 1867 became a student at Guy's Hospital, where his contemporaries were Golding-Bird, Jacobson, Mahomed, and Pye-Sm

Born at Northleach, Gloucestershire; after attending the local Grammar School, was apprenticed in 1832 to Mr Cornwall at Fairford until September, 1836, when he entered the Webb Street School under Richard Grainger. He also attended Guy's Hospital under Aston Key and the medical practice of St Thoma

Born in London on January 30th, 1869, the son of Francis Wilson Lister and Elizabeth Wishart, only daughter of David Roy, of Glasgow. He was educated at the Haberdashers' Company's School, and received his professional training at Guy's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon in 1893-1894. He was Regis

The son of Nicholas Littleton, a medical practitioner at Saltash, Cornwall. He was educated at University College, London. He graduated at the University of London with honours in anatomy, physiology, chemistry, medicine, and surgery. After qualifying he was for some time an Assistant Surgeon in the

Born at Bosworth on December 15th, 1842, the eldest son of William Henry Power, MD, who was himself fifth in a medical line of descent. He was educated at University College, London, and was apprenticed to his father, who was a well-known and successful medical coach. He was then apprenticed to Fred

Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and after qualifying was for forty years Resident Medical Officer to the Small-pox and Vaccination Hospital, Holloway, London, N, and was a Principal Vaccinator of the National Vaccine Establishment. From the time of the institution of educational vaccinating st

Educated at University College, London, where he was Obstetrical and Ophthalmic Assistant, and in Paris. He was connected for a long time with the Metropolitan Hospital, and became Consulting Physician. He was also at one time Physician to the North London Hospital for Consumption and to the Farring

Educated at Guy's Hospital and at Northampton. He practised at Northampton, and at the time of his death was Senior Physician of the Northampton General Infirmary, and Hon Consulting Physician of the Northampton Royal Dispensary. He died at Billing Road, Northampton, on July 21st, 1879. Publication