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

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

Robert Fuller was born in Acton, London, on 4 January 1916. His father, Charles, was a company director. His mother was Mildred Kate née Lambert, a housewife. Robert was educated at St Paul's from 1928 to 1934, and then went on to St Mary's Hospital to study medicine. After qualifying in 1939, with

David Gatehouse was a consultant surgeon, first at Shotley Bridge Hospital, Consett, County Durham, and then at Hexham Hospital. He was born in York in 1944 and went on to study medicine at Birmingham University, qualifying in 1968. He held specialist posts in surgery in Birmingham, as a registrar a

The second son of the Rev Isaac Gillam, Vicar of Northleigh and Incumbent of St Michael's, Liverpool. He studied at Guy's Hospital, and was for a time Medical Superintendent of the Aspall Hall Asylum. He afterwards practised at Crondall, Hampshire, where he was parochial medical officer to the Crond

Studied at St Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals, and joined the Royal Navy as Surgeon in 1812. Later he was Medical Inspector of Factories and Surgeon to the Lancashire Yeomanry Cavalry. He died at Bellevue House, Ulverstone, Lancashire, on November 28th, 1861.

Died at Blue Bridge House, Halstead, Essex, on May 28th, 1856.

Studied at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals; practised at Chelmsford, where he was Surgeon to the County Gaol, the Dispensary, the West Essex Militia, and the Essex Rifle Volunteers. He died at Chelmsford on June 8th, 1879.

The son of the Rev Charles Girdlestone, who was a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, at the time of his son's birth, and later Rector of Kingswinford. One of his brothers was Canon Girdlestone, of Christ Church, Oxford. Tharp Mountain Girdlestone was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he

Practised at Sheffield, where he died in retirement at 22 Clarkhouse Road on April 22nd, 1885.

Born at Dunedin, New Zealand. Coming to England in 1898, he became a student at Guy's Hospital, where he held house appointments in 1903-1904 under Sir William Arbuthnot Lane and was House Surgeon. He then studied medicine in Paris and became Resident Surgeon at the Hertford British Hospital. He acc