Was born of yeoman stock at Aynho, Oxfordshire, and was educated at the local grammar school under Mr Leonard, known for his scholarship and his addiction to green tea. He was apprenticed to a surgeon at Woodstock, and afterwards became a pupil of John Abernethy at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where h

Born in January, 1787. He joined the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on Sept 15th, 1808, and was promoted Surgeon on Jan 1st, 1820; Superintending Surgeon on Nov 21st, 1830; a Member of the Bombay Medical Board on Jan 3rd, 1835; and President of the Board on the following May 1st. His active servic

Practised at Derby and was Surgeon to the Infirmary. He died in 1870 or 1871. His portrait is in the Fellows’ Album.

Practised as a surgeon in Bolsover, then in Bury, and finally in Mosley Street, Manchester, where he was Surgeon to the Union Hospital. He died at his residence at Cheetham Hill on Feb 14th, 1844. He became known as a medical author by winning the Jacksonian Prize in 1812 with his Essay entitled "D

Born at Dorchester on Aug 12th, 1787. He was educated at Lymington, Hants, was then placed under a well-known surgeon at Salisbury, and in 1807 entered St Thomas’s Hospital, where, under the tuition of Sir Astley Cooper and Cline, he soon acquired a superior knowledge of anatomy and surgery. Sir Ast

The son of Benjamin North, of Woodstock, and Mary, daughter of Bartholomew Churchill, of Todmorden. He began his professional career as Assistant Surgeon in the Oxfordshire Militia. This was at the close of the Peninsular War, and when stationed at Bristol he had charge of a large number of recruits

The son of John Thorpe, a distinguished Manchester surgeon. He was educated at the Manchester Grammar School, became his father’s pupil, and completed his medical education in London. After passing the College, he returned to Manchester in order to begin practice. From 1812-1849 he was Surgeon to th

The son of the Rev John Wingfield, of Shrewsbury. He was educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he was House Surgeon, before proceeding to India as Resident Assistant Surgeon to the General Hospital, Calcutta. He resigned the office on account of ill health after serving for two years. He then

Joined the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards as Assistant Surgeon on Aug 10th, 1809, and resigned with the rank of Surgeon before March 28th, 1811. He settled in practice at 74 Grand Parade, Brighton, and was Surgeon Extraordinary to William IV. He was one of the first three Surgeons of the Sussex County

Was at one time Surgeon to the Bath United Hospital. He died at his residence, 2 Circus, Bath, in the year 1860.

Blagden appears to have been of the family of Sir Charles Blagden (1748-1820), MD, Secretary of the Royal Society, of whom Dr Johnson, speaking of his copiousness and precision of communication, said, “Blagden, Sir, is a delightful fellow”. He was a friend of Horace Walpole and had a large and fashi

Born on November 1st, 1797, in Greengate, Salford, Manchester, and was the descendant of an old Northumbrian family. One of his ancestors was at Christ’s College, Cambridge, with John Milton, whose constant friend he remained. John Boutflower’s father was John Boutflower, surgeon, of Salford, and hi