Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was Kirkes Scholar and Gold Medallist. 1889; and graduated with honours in medicine, midwifery, and forensic medicine. He also acted as House Surgeon, studied at Munich, and afterwards became House Surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital; he then prac

Born at Llechwyd Farm, Towyn on 27 September 1874, the second child of John Rowlands, farmer, and Elizabeth Pugh, his wife. His parents died when he was five years old and his upbringing was supervised by trustees and his elder brother, Richard Pugh Rowlands. He was educated at Dolgelly Grammar Scho

The second son of Alfred Denyer, a merchant in the City of London, born in London 26 February 1869, his mother's maiden name being Sarah Mary Ann North. He matriculated from Queens' College, Cambridge and graduated BA after gaining second-class honours in Part 1 of the Natural Sciences Tripos in 189

Born 11 March 1881, second son and second of the eleven children of Robert Milne, MD, of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, and Mary Thompson, his wife. Dr Milne practised at Bow in East London, and was medical director of Dr Barnardo's Homes for orphaned children. One of his daughters became matron of St Ma

John Warrington Haward (pronounced Hayward) was born on November 18th, 1841, the youngest of ten surviving children of James Haward, of Great Baddow, Essex, and grand-nephew of Francis Haward (1759-1797), engraver (*Dict Nat Biog*). He entered St George's Hospital in October, 1860, gained the Willia

Son of the Rev J H Hill, Rector of Cranoe, Leicestershire ; educated at Guy's Hospital and then became House Surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital. He continued in the service of the hospital, and after seven years was elected Surgeon. He was one of the most energetic and hard-working hospital surgeons

Born at Grimsby on September 13th, 1848, the son of Robert Keetley by his wife, née Waterland. Both father and mother came of seafaring stock; his father, by trade a shipbuilder, had been Mayor of Grimsby, but had fallen on bad times. The son, therefore, was educated by his grandparents and by an un

Born on December 19th, 1886, at Sherwood, the son of William Oakden of Bank House, Retford. He was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Retford, and at the Nottingham High School under G J Turpin, DSc. He obtained a foundation scholarship at Peterhouse, Cambridge, in December, 1905, but did no

Educated at the Middlesex Hospital, where he was a prizeman in chemistry, house surgeon, house physician, and demonstrator of anatomy. For a short time he was surgeon to the Western General Dispensary, and then assistant surgeon to the North-west London Hospital and to the City Orthopaedic Hospital.

Born at Southampton in 1884, he was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he took third-class honours in Natural Sciences (1905), and won an exhibition to Guy's Hospital, where he was house surgeon to Sir Charles Symonds. Crook settled in practice in partnership with Dr Astley Roberts at Ea

Born 3 December 1882 the second of three brothers he was educated at Harrow and King's College, Cambridge, where he was a scholar and was placed in the first division of the second class in the Classical Tripos, part I, 1905. He rowed for his college and was captain of the University swimming team.

Born at Belfast, 5 December 1887, the sixth child and fifth son of Samuel McMurray, schoolmaster, and Elizabeth Boden, his wife. He was educated at the Academical Institution and at Queen's University, graduating in 1910. He was appointed house surgeon at the Royal Southern Hospital, Liverpool and u