Philip Ganner was born on 24 November 1904 the son of a general practitioner in Birmingham. He attended the Hallfield preparatory school, Edgbaston and Bradfield College proceeding in due course to study medicine at the Birmingham Medical School graduating in London in 1928. Two years later he obtai

Arthur Capel Herbert Bell was born at Epsom, Surrey, on 18 September 1904. His father was John Herbert Bell, a solicitor who was the eldest son of Dr William Bell, general practitioner at Wallasey. The second son, and uncle of Arthur Bell, was William Blair Bell, first President of the College of Ob

Margaret Mary Basden was born in Nottingham on 3 April 1886, she was the daughter of Hope, née Figgis, and Duncan Frederick Basden who was a chartered accountant. The family moved to Hampstead while she was still a young child and she attended King Alfred's School. There was a medical tradition i

Born on 27 July 1887 son of Joseph Henry Robinson and Caroline Sandford he was educated privately in Southport and at Liverpool University. His clinical training took place at University College Hospital. During the war of 1914-18 he served as an acting Major and surgical specialist in the RAMC w

Born on 14 August 1882 son of A Green-Armytage of Clifton and York, he was educated at Clifton College, at Bristol University and the Royal Infirmary, and in Paris. He was Montefiore surgical medallist at the RAMC College, was commissioned Lieutenant IMS in 1907, promoted Captain in 1910, Major in 1

Douglas MacLeod was born on 9 May 1901. Few families can have devoted so many members to the art of surgery. His great-grandfather, John MacLeod, MD was Surgeon to the Madras Presidency. His grand-father, Alexander Charles MacLeod (1819-1914), father, Charles Edward Alexander MacLeod (1867-1939), an

Born at Honingham, Norfolk in 1869 he was educated at Bracondale School, Norwich and King's College Hospital, which he entered with an exhibition, and won prizes and scholarships each year from 1887 to 1890. He qualified with the Conjoint Diploma and the London MB in 1892, took the BS in 1894, and g

Geoffrey Chamberlain was professor and chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at St George's Hospital Medical School. He was born in Hove, Sussex, on 21 April 1930, the son of Albert Victor Chamberlain, secretary to the Lord Mayor of Cardiff, and Irene May Chamberlain née Price. He

Gladys Helen Dodds was born in Kirkcaldy in 1898 and educated at Dunfermline High School. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 1922 she held the posts of house surgeon at the Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Hospital and at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh. She wen

Walter Maslen-Jones was born in Simla on 5 September 1891. His father was a Baptist Missionary and on his return to England his son was educated at Eltham College and then at the Middlesex Hospital. He qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1914, and soon afterwards joined the RAMC and for four year

David Gavin Millar graduated MB BS with honours at Durham University in 1952 and took the FRCS in 1959 and the MRCOG in 1962. Later he served on the Council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He was senior lecturer in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology of the Univers

John Barnard Blaikley was born in Finchley on 21 September 1906. His father was a banker and Michael Faraday was his great grand-uncle. He was educated at Christ's College, Finchley, and Guy's Hospital, where he qualified in 1928, taking the FRCS in 1931, the MRCOG in 1933, and the FRCOG in 1944. Af