Born at Bahia, in Brazil, on March 4th, 1863; he was the second son of Emilie Kanthack, at one time British Consul at Pará, Brazil. As a child he was somewhat weakly, and his sole recreation was swimming, but, coming with his family to England in 1881, he became an athlete and in time an excellent f

Born on December 8th, 1877, the only son of James Noon, of the Charterhouse. He entered Charterhouse School in 1891 and left in 1896, having in the meantime gained the junior and senior scholarships and an exhibition in science. He also shot in the school VIII for the Ashburton Shield in 1894-1896,

The second child and second son of Mr Betty, a pharmaceutical chemist, of Park Street, Camden Town, NW, was born on Nov 3rd, 1852, and was educated at Prior Park College, Bath. He entered University College School in 1867, matriculated at the University of London in June, 1869, and entered Universit

Born at Goudhurst, Kent on 13 March 1882, fifth child and third son of William Alfred Benians, a schoolmaster, and Elizabeth Ackland his wife, he was educated at Bethany House School, Goudhurst and at the London Hospital, and qualified in 1907. Though he took the Fellowship in 1913, after serving as

Born on 11 September 1913, the second son of Henry James and Margaret Ann, Norman Henry Ashton was educated at the West Kensington Central School, King's College and Westminster Hospital. There he won the prize for bacteriology and was editor of the *Gazette*. After junior appointments, he specialis

William St Clair Symmers held the Chair of Pathology at Charing Cross. He was born on 16 August 1917 in Belfast, where his father, William St Clair Symmers, an American who had been born in South Carolina and trained at the University of Aberdeen, was Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology, having

Rupert Allan Willis, the elder of two sons of Benjamin James Willis, a banker, was born on 24 December 1898 at Yarram, Victoria, Australia. His mother, Mary Elizabeth Giles (née James), was the daughter of a congregational minister, and his younger brother, James Hamlyn Willis, was a well-known bota

Donald Brian Cater was born on 14 September 1908 in Oundle, Northampton, the second son of a Congregationalist minister, Frederick Ives Cater, and his wife Emmeline (née Rayner). He was educated at Kathaleen Lady Berkley's Grammar School, Wotton-under-Edge and Caterham School, Surrey, before proceed

Born in 1867 he was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was a junior scholar in 1901, and won the Walsham prize and the Lawrence scholarship and gold medal in 1905, the year of his qualification. He served as house surgeon at St Bartholomew's, and was subsequently casualty officer, regis

Born on 18 October 1899 at Dalmuir, near Glasgow into a seafaring family, Robert Scarff moved to London at the age of six when his father obtained a post ashore at Tilbury. Robert was educated at the City of London School and the Middlesex Hospital and he qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1924,

Born at Exeter, 22 April 1863, the eldest son of Captain Alexander Foulerton of HM Indian Navy. He was educated at Kensington School and studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. In 1884 he served as assistant house surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital, Chatham, when A W Nankivell was h

The fourth son of the Rev L Borrett Powell White, DD, Canon and Prebendary of St Paul's and Rector of St Mary Aldermary in the City of London, was born 21 April 1867. He entered St Paul's School in 1878 and left in July 1886, being then in Math VIII and having been elected a foundationer in 1879. He