Born at Bradford, 7 February 1880, son of John Appleyard FRCS, surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, who died in 1905 aged 57, he was educated at Bradford Grammar School and University College Hospital, London, where he was a scholar and gold-medallist and a house surgeon. He studied in Berlin and was res

James Cecil Hogg was born on 25 August 1900 and was educated at Haileybury College where he played rugger for the first XV, and then at Caius College, Cambridge, where in addition to his medical studies he was a member of the Footlights and played tennis for his College. He came to St Bartholomew's

Born in Lincoln, he was educated at Neuheim College, Heidelberg, Felsted School and the London Hospital where, after qualifying in 1904, he acted as house surgeon, house physician, aural house surgeon and receiving room officer. After being admitted a Fellow in 1909, he returned to Lincoln to pra

Colin Dale was born in London on 2 June 1934, the son (one of twins) of Charles Hugh Dale, a general practitioner, and Phyllis Lucy, née Spring, a nurse. He was educated at Oundle School and St Bartholomew's Medical School, where he qualified in 1958, and where his father had trained before him.

Myles Formby was born in South Australia on 13 March 1901, the son of a sheep farmer on a considerable scale and himself the son of a settler born in Formby, Lancashire. His mother, Elsie Landseer, was the daughter of a prominent South Australian parliamentarian. He was educated at St Peter's Colleg

Gavin Hamilton Livingstone was born at Paisley on 22 December 1904 where his father was in general practice. He was the third child in the family, and his elder brother and sister both became members of the medical profession. His brother, Dr James L Livingstone, was a consultant physician at King's

Graham Fraser was born on 1 May 1936, the son of Arthur Fraser, a banker, and his wife Phyllis, née Farncombe, a radiologist who was the daughter of a general practitioner. He was educated at Westminster School followed by Worcester College, Oxford, and received his clinical training at Guy's Hospit

Malcolm was born into a medical family in 1928. His father, Malcolm (Senior), was an ear nose and throat surgeon, one of Malcolm's brothers became a paediatrician and the other a psychiatrist. Malcolm was educated at Medbury Preparatory School and at Christ's College. After spending a year at Canter

Charles Skinner Hallpike was born in India on 19 July, 1900, the son of F R Hallpike and Helen Skinner. He was educated at St Paul's School, entered Guy's Hospital with a scholarship and obtained the Beany Prize in pathology and qualified in 1926. His interest in the ear started when he was a house

Kenneth Greer Malcomson was born in Belfast on 13 March 1919, and educated at Bootham School, York and Queen's University, Belfast where he graduated in medicine with honours in 1943. As an undergraduate he had won the Symington Medal and first class honours in anatomy, and during his clinical studi

Allen Dingley, the son and grandson of doctors, was born in London on 28 October 1892. He was educated at Highgate School and then the Leys School, Cambridge, before entering St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College. He qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1917. Shortly after his first resident j

Educated at Clare College, Cambridge, winning first-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos part I in 1908, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was senior house surgeon to the throat and ear department, he practised at 14 Leeds Road, Harrogate, was aural surgeon to the General Hospital,