Born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on October 1st, 1810, and came of a Northumbrian stock, both his father and mother being natives of Alwinton. He was educated at Witton-le-Wear, Durham, and in 1827 was apprenticed to T Leighton, Senior Surgeon at the Newcastle Infirmary, to whom £500 was paid as Embleton

Educated at Guy's Hospital and at Northampton. He practised at Northampton, and at the time of his death was Senior Physician of the Northampton General Infirmary, and Hon Consulting Physician of the Northampton Royal Dispensary. He died at Billing Road, Northampton, on July 21st, 1879. Publication

Born on 5 May 1860, eldest son of Andrew Wynter, MD St Andrews 1853, and Mary Bramhall, his wife. His father was in general practice at Chiswick and Brompton; from 1855 to 1861 he was editor of the *British Medical Journal*; he died on 12 May 1876, aged 56. Walter Wynter's brother Andrew, MRCS 1888,

Sir Harold Himsworth was elected to the honorary Fellowship in 1965, during his tenure of the office of Secretary of the Medical Research Council. 'Harry' was born in Huddersfield on 19 May 1905, and was educated at King James Grammar School in nearby Almonbury. He came to London for his medical edu

Lord Robert Kilpatrick was dean and professor of medicine at the University of Leicester Medical School, and a former president of the General Medical Council (GMC) and the British Medical Association (BMA). He was born in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, the only child of Robert Kilpatrick, a mine worker. A

John Samuel Richardson was a former President of the General Medical Council and the British Medical Association who inadvertently played a key role in the resignation of Macmillan in 1963. The son of a solicitor, he was born on 16 June 1910 in Sheffield, where his grandfather had been Lord Mayor, M

Born on October 21st, 1777; he joined the Army as Surgeon's Mate on the Hospital Staff, not attached to a regiment, on June 11th, 1801. He was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 61st Regiment of Foot on August 25th, 1804, and promoted to Surgeon of the Sicilian Regiment on March 17th, 1808. He again

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland. He was the second son of Lieut-Colonel Herbert Lloyd, of Chelsea. Settling as a medical practitioner in Bath in 1829, he practised there for more than forty years, holding various medical appointments. At the time of h

Born at Leighton Buzzard, where his father, William Robinson Lawford, was in practice. He received his professional training at Salop Infirmary, Shrewsbury, and after three years became a student of medicine at University College, London. After qualifying he returned in 1844 to Leighton Buzzard, whe

The son of Henry Compton Law, of Allington, by the daughter of the Rev John Taylor, Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Caroline. He was first articled to S S Varcombe, of Castle Cary, and in 1867 became a student at Guy's Hospital, where his contemporaries were Golding-Bird, Jacobson, Mahomed, and Pye-Sm

Born in London on January 30th, 1869, the son of Francis Wilson Lister and Elizabeth Wishart, only daughter of David Roy, of Glasgow. He was educated at the Haberdashers' Company's School, and received his professional training at Guy's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon in 1893-1894. He was Regis

The son of Nicholas Littleton, a medical practitioner at Saltash, Cornwall. He was educated at University College, London. He graduated at the University of London with honours in anatomy, physiology, chemistry, medicine, and surgery. After qualifying he was for some time an Assistant Surgeon in the