Born at the Vicarage, Berden, Essex on 8 December 1862, the sixth child and fourth son of the Rev F Gifford Nash and Sarah Eliza Hacket, his wife. He was educated at Gloucester Cathedral School and entered the Middlesex Hospital in 1882, winning the entrance scholarship, the exhibition in anatomy an

Born 14 September 1862, the fourth child and third son of D Brown, of Harrow Park, and his wife Anna Maria Charlotte Wright. He was educated at Harrow and at University College Hospital, where he was Filliter exhibitioner and Atchison scholar. He was a contemporary and life-long friend of John Rose

Born at Lincoln 26 February 1864, the only child of Thomas Brook, brewer, and his wife *née* Breffit. He was educated at Lincoln Grammar School, at the Lincoln County Hospital, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. Following the old custom he was apprenticed to his uncle, Charles Brook, FRCS, who had a

Born 13 October 1862, the second son of the Rev B G Luard, Rector of Birch, near Colchester, Essex, and Clara Isabella Sandford Bramston, his wife. Another son, Canon E P Luard, succeeded their father as Rector of Birch. He was educated at Malvern College, was a scholar of St Catherine's College, Ca

Born 26 October 1863 at Stogursey, Somerset, the second surviving son of Alfred Howse, MRCS (see the memoir of C B Howse, above). He was educated at Fulland's School, Taunton, and afterwards entered the London Hospital, where he served as house surgeon to E Hurry Fenwick. He went to New South Wales

Born in London 14 December 1863 son of Thomas Allen Green, whose family were makers of Crown Staffordshire ware. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, the Newcastle Medical School, and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He held resident posts at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-on-Tyne, an

Born 13 June 1865, the elder son of George Cheatle, a solicitor, and Mary Ann Crafter Allen, his wife. His younger brother, Arthur Cheatle, also distinguished himself as a surgeon. He was educated at Merchant Taylors School and at King's College Hospital, with which he was connected for the rest of