Harold Hassall was a consultant surgeon to the South Cheshire Group of Hospitals and the driving force behind the new Leighton Hospital. He was born in Radcliffe, Bury, Greater Manchester, on 3 February 1916, the son of Harold Hassall, a clockmaker, and Mary Hannah Hassall, a schoolteacher. He was e

Harley Kilgour Baxter was a surgeon in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Melbourne on 6 August 1946, the son of Rex Ransley Baxter, a businessman, and Kathleen Anne née Hyland. His grandfather was J M Baxter, an ENT surgeon. He was educated at Trinity Grammar School, Kew, Victoria, and Melbourn

Tony Gabriel was formerly the senior surgeon at the Cancer Hospital, Maharagama, Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was born in London on 10 January 1925 and died in Colombo on 21 December 2007 after a short illness, a few days before his 83rd birthday. He was described by one writer ‘as a person who loved the

Educated at University College, London, where he was Atkinson-Morley Scholar in 1881, House Surgeon to Christopher Heath, and Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy. He practised for some years at Bicester, where he won a high reputation, chiefly by his boldness and skill in dealing with surgical emergen

Born on October 21st, 1847, the eldest son of John Morford Cottle, of Bruges, Belgium, author of a *Manual of Human Physiology for Students*, an amusing book, to judge by its full title, containing memoria technica rhymes. Wyndham Cottle matriculated at St Alban Hall, Oxford, on October 17th, 1865,

Died at his residence at Bexley, Kent, on November 28th, 1858. He had been in practice prior to 1815.

Born at Lynn. He was articled, it is believed, to Mr Morris, surgeon, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire, and after qualifying returned to his native town, where he was elected House Surgeon to the Lynn Dispensary, continuing in this office till the institution was dissolved. He then became partner with Tho

Born at Penzance, the younger son of Thomas Coulson, master painter in Devon-port Dockyard, and a friend of Humphry Davy. His mother was Catherine Borlase. He was educated, partly at the local Grammar School, and then in Brittany, where he learnt to speak French well. He was apprenticed to a Penzanc

Born at Penzance, and educated at St Mary's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon, Curator to the School (Curator of the Museum), and Assistant Surgeon. He was later on attached to the Lock Hospital as House Surgeon. He was closely associated in practice with his uncle, William Coulson (qv), and assi

Born at Burnley, in Lancashire, where his father was a surgeon. He completed his medical education in Dublin and settled in his native place in 1836, where he practised for the rest of his life. At the time of his death he was a Vice-President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Branch of the British Med

Born in 1853 and educated at St Mary's and St Bartholomew's Hospitals, where he won prizes in many of the subjects of the curriculum. He was at one time Senior Resident House Physician and Surgeon at St Mary's Hospital, and Clinical Assistant at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields. He w

Born in Glasgow on November 7th, 1835, the son of John Couper, Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Glasgow, and Charlotte, daughter of Charles Tennant, of the St Rollox Chemical Works. The family of Couper is of ancient lineage in Scotland, and the name is the northern variant of the En