Born at Paisley on 19 August 1875 the third and first surviving child of James Duncan, who died five years later, and Sarah McKenzie his wife. He was educated at Allen Glen's School, Glasgow, and at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities. After serving for some years as medical officer successively at t

Born on 22 August 1862 at Biddlestone, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, third child and only son of Charles Silk Banks, of the Inland Revenue office, and Catherine Mary Rich, his wife. He was educated at Chippenham School and University College, London, and entered St Thomas's Hospital in 1887. There he

Born 30 May 1871, the seventh child and fifth son of William Banting, art dealer, of 27 St. James's Street, London, SW and Mary Pugh, his wife. He was educated at the University of London and took his clinical training at Guy's Hospital. He served as house physician and assistant in the nose, throat

Born at Dorchester in 1843, and therefore ten years senior to his brother, Sir Frederick Treves, Bart (qv). He was educated at St Thomas's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon. He was then appointed Resident Surgeon at the Royal Sea-Bathing Infirmary, Margate, and thus began a long and honourable co

Born on February 8th, 1883, the only son of Edward Treves, MRCS, of The Drive, Hove, Sussex, and of Mary Warwick, his wife. He entered Marlborough in January, 1896, when the Rev G C Bell was head master, and left in midsummer, 1901. He matriculated from Caius College, Cambridge, on October 1st, 1904

The only son of Thomas Trew. He was Demonstrator of Anatomy at St Thomas's Hospital, and practised as a surgeon at 19 Woburn Place, Russell Square, WC, and then at Great Marlow, Bucks. His death occurred at his father's residence at St Peter's, Thanet, on February 24th, 1851.

Was Physician to the Devonport Dispensary at the time of his death. He died on December 21st, 1860.

Professor Louis-Francois Hollender was a well-known European general surgeon with interests in gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders. He was head of the department of general surgery at the Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, from 1970 until 1991, when he was awarded emeritus st

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and practised at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, where he was latterly Public Vaccinator. He died at High Wycombe on March 8th, 1890.

Born on October 21st, 1814, and entered the Bombay Army on January 2nd, 1843. He was promoted to Surgeon on June 9th, 1860, to Surgeon Major on January 2nd, 1863, and to Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals on July 17th, 1872. He saw active service in China in 1841-1842 as Surgeon of the HEIC's ste

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital and in Paris. He practised at 31 Phillimore Place, Kensington, and was for a long time in partnership with his next-door neighbour, George Hunt Orton (qv). He died at Phillimore Place on May 10th, 1877.

Educated at University College, London. He was in general practice at Newcastle-under-Lyme, where he was House Surgeon to the North Staffordshire Infirmary, then Surgeon, and, at the time of his death, Surgeon Extraordinary. He was at one time Assistant Surgeon to the King's Own Staffordshire Rifles