Charles D'Oyly Grange was born at Moffat, Scotland, in 1887. His father was an Edinburgh graduate in medicine and a general practitioner, first at Moffat and later for many years at Harrogate during the summer and at Bournemouth during the winter. Grange's early professional training was at the L

Francis Donaldson Saner, or Frank Saner as he was always known, was born in Hull on 24 August 1884, the youngest of ten children of a wealthy family. His father died whilst he was a teenager and his mother was the daughter of a merchant sea captain, there being seven sons and three daughters. After

Duncan Stout was not deterred by having a famous father, Sir Robert, who became Chief Justice of New Zealand, Chancellor of the University and Prime Minister. In his own time he too achieved eminence in New Zealand, becoming Chairman of Council of Victoria University, Wellington and subsequently Cha

Aleck William Bourne was born on 4 June 1886 at Wilstone, Herts., and educated at Rydal School, Colwyn Bay, and at Downing College, Cambridge. In 1908 he was placed first class in the Natural Sciences Tripos and the same year became senior university scholar at St Mary's Hospital, London. He qualifi