Will Davey wrote the first textbook on surgery in tropical countries. He was born on 28 February 1912 in Dunmurry, near Belfast, in Northern Ireland. His father, Robert, was a minister of religion. His mother was Charlotte née Higginson. One of a family of five, he studied medicine at Queens Univers

Alfred John Drew, known as ‘Jack’, was a former consultant general surgeon in Walsall. He was born in Ceylon on 17 February 1916, the son of the chief pilot for the harbour at Colombo. He was educated at Nuwara Eliya, and was then sent to Ipswich School at the age of 11. He became head boy and rugby

Ron Rhind was a general surgeon with an interest in urology based in Hartlepool. He was born in Calcutta on 7 July 1943, where his father, James Albert Rhind, was a general surgeon. His mother was Dorothy Cornelia née Jones. From Sedbergh School Ron went to Leeds to study medicine and did house jobs

Born in 1767, and thus the earliest born among the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons. The “Examination Book” of Sept 2nd, 1790, has entries that “Diplomas were granted to John Curtis, Richard H H Steel of Marlowe, William Hodgson and Richard Harrison”. The examiners were Messrs Hawkins, Lucas

Was commissioned Assistant Surgeon to the 1st Foot Guards on Dec 25th, 1796. This, says Colonel Johnston in a note, is “the earliest date of a Regimental Assistant Surgeon's commission, though not the first to be gazetted”. The first to be gazetted was Robert Lawson, Assistant Surgeon to the 4th Dra

Entered the Madras Army as Assistant Surgeon on Dec 31st, 1795. He saw service in the Fourth Mysore War in 1799, was present at the capture of Seringapatam, and received the Medal. He was promoted Surgeon on Oct 5th, 1803, appointed Garrison Surgeon of Fort St George on Dec 9th, 1814, was Superinten

Practised at 35 Bloomsbury Square. He died before June 26th, 1854, at which date his death was reported in *The Times*. He was a Fellow of the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Society.

Born at Saddleworth, in Yorkshire. After leaving Manchester Grammar School he entered Owens College in 1884. He was a brilliant student and took many class prizes, being noted for the methodical and orderly clearness of his notes of lectures. At the Infirmary he was remarkable among his fellow-stude

Came of an old Devonshire family. An ancestor, Sir Hugh Pollard, had purchased Torre Abbey at the Dissolution of the Monasteries. William was apprenticed to his uncle, W H Pollard, who was in practice at Torquay, and as M F H well known in the hunting field. In 1841 he entered St Bartholomew's Hospi

Joined the Army as a Regimental Surgeon's Mate on October 10th, 1794, gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 17th Foot, June 16th, 1798, and saw service in Holland in 1799. On October 16th, 1800, he was transferred to the 16th Dragoons, and on July 9th, 1803, was promoted Surgeon in the 16th Battalion of

Educated at St George’s Hospital, the Windmill Street School of Medicine, at Edinburgh, and in Paris. Assistant Surgeon at the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, 1827-1828. He was a JP for the County of Middlesex and the City of Westminster, and lived for a time at Wilton Lodge, Hillingdon Heath, near

Only son of William Anderson, of Paddington, gentleman. Admitted to the Head Master's House (C T Longley) at Harrow in January, 1835, left at midsummer, 1839, and matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, on Oct 16th, 1839, but never graduated. Educated at St George's Hospital and in Paris. He starte