Richard Vasey ‘Dick’ Fiddian was a consultant general surgeon at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital from 1964 to 1989. He was born on 6 October 1923 in Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancashire, where his father, James Victor Fiddian, was a general practitioner-surgeon. His mother, Doris Mary née White, came fr

Studied at Guy's Hospital and at the University of Edinburgh. He practised at Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, in the firm of Holman & Hanken, was Surgeon to the St John's College, Hurstpierpoint, and Medical Referee to various Assurance Offices. He died on August 9th, 1881

Was apprenticed at the age of 14 to Dr John Turner, of High Wycombe, after which he studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital and qualified in 1838. He was at first assistant to Dr John Symonds, of Oxford, and after five or six years set up in practice at Chipping Norton, where he was Medical Officer to

Born on May 9th, 1825, the only child of John Holmes, warehouseman, living in Colebrooke Row, Islington, and his wife Elizabeth. He entered Merchant Taylors' School, then in Suffolk Lane, in November, 1836, and left with a Stuart's Exhibition to Cambridge in 1843. He was admitted a Scholar of Pembro

Studied at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, and practised at 41 York Street, Cheetham Road, Manchester. He died in retirement at Clough House, Sydenham, London, SE, on June 19th, 1880.

Was Surgeon to the Halifax Infirmary and Certifying Factory Surgeon. He died at Carlton Place, Halifax, on August 30th, 1855.

Born in Westminster, where his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather had been medical practitioners. In 1835 he became a pupil of Anthony White (qv), President of the College of Surgeons in 1842, and after qualifying was elected by competition House Surgeon. Such was then the vogue of Westminst

Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and practised for many years as a surgeon at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, being joined after a time by Henry Cribb as partner. He lived at The Chantry, and was Medical Officer to the Hockeril Training College and Certifying Factory Surgeon. He retired to B

See Hodgson, Charles Frederick.

Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He practised at The Friars, Canterbury, acted as Surgeon to the Canterbury Hospital, to the Prison, to the Police, to the 3rd Division of the Blean Union, and to various battalions of Kent Volunteers. He was also JP for Canterbury City. He died at Latchmere Hous

Born on January 12th, 1837, the eldest son of John William Hooper, of Bathwick, Somerset. He was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and entered the Indian Medical Service as Assistant Surgeon, Bengal Army, on Feb 10th, 1859. After military duty for two years he spent the rest of his time in Indi

Practised as a surgeon at Micklegate, York. He was for twelve years Lecturer on Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology in the York School of Medicine, and died on or before June 27th, 1853.