John Crossley was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. He was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, the son of Walter Crossley, a manufacturer of bedding ware, and Annie Crossley née Burniston, a housewife. He was educated at Blackburn Grammar School and then Repton.

Born in Wiltshire, the son of a farmer. He received his education partly at the Grammar School at Warminster, and then, being in weak health, from a tutor at Salisbury. He entered Guy's Hospital as a student in October, 1878, having already matriculated at London University. In 1883 he gained two p

The son of William Scott, of Barnstaple; received his professional training at St. Bartholomew's Hospital and in Paris. He became Surgeon-Accoucheur to the Islington Benevolent Lying-in Charity, and on relinquishing this post practised at 53 High Street, Camden Town. By 1855 he had been appointed Su

Born at Abingdon on August 23rd, 1838, the son of Frederic Travers, of Poole, Dorset. He was not related apparently to the family of Benjamin Travers. He was privately educated, served an apprenticeship to Thomas Salter (qv), of Poole, and received his professional training at Charing Cross Hospital

Educated at Bedford School, and entered St Bartholomew's Hospital on October 1st, 1884, where he gained in succession the Junior Scholarship, the Senior Scholarship, the Kirkes Scholarship and Gold Medal for Clinical Medicine, and the Brackenbury Scholarship in Surgery. His career at the University

Margaret Witt was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the North Middlesex Hospital, London. She was born on 14 June 1930 in Leyton, London, the oldest daughter of Henry Witt, a chauffeur, and Bertha, a lady’s companion until she married. Margaret won a state scholarship to Walthamstow Cou

Christie Brown was born on 1 July 1898 and was educated at the Royal Kepier Grammar School and Durham University, where he gained numerous prizes and scholarships. While an undergraduate he served for a few years of the first world war in a destroyer based on Scapa Flow, but returned to the Universi

Victor Tindall was professor of obstetrics and gynaecology in Manchester. He was awarded a scholarship to Wallasey Grammar School, where, as well as his academic achievements, he was a dazzling athlete and rugby player. In track events he won the 100-, 200-, 400- and 800-yard records, together with

Born in Edinburgh on March 16th, 1873, of a family originally from Dumfriesshire and the district of Sanquhar and Wanlockhead. After attending the City of London School and University College, he entered the London Hospital in 1892, where he was a sprinter and Rugby football player. He held the appo

Rees Lloyd-Jones was a consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Middlesex Hospital, London. He was born in Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, north Wales, the only child of Griffith and Marie Lloyd Jones; his father was a farmer and garage owner. They were Welsh speaking and strict Methodists, which

Kenneth Raymond Stanley Pool was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone, Buckland Hospital, Dover, and William Harvey Hospital, Ashford. He studied medicine at King's College Hospital Medical School and qualified in 1952. He gained his FRCS in 1958. P

Born 19 July 1891, the third and youngest son of Peter Dobson Hayes of Stockport. He was educated at Manchester before entering the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. His student days were broken by the outbreak of war and he served in the Royal Field Artillery from 10 September 1914 till 12 August