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 Dec 29th, 1788, the third son of the Rev James Mayo, MA, Head Master of Queen Elizabeth’s Free Grammar School, Wimborne, and Rector of Avebury in succession to his father and grandfather. The Mayos may be described as a Wiltshire family, members of it having flourished there as clergymen and

Was for many years Surgeon to the Gloucester Infirmary (County Hospital), where until his retirement he took the lead as an operator. He was also at one time Surgeon to the Gloucestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. He was described as a man of excellent heart and generous disposition. His death occurred at

Born at Perth on November 2nd, 1810, the only son of the leading partner of the well-known firm of Duncan, Flockart and Company, chemists. He was educated at Perth, at the High School, Edinburgh, and at the University of Edinburgh, where he acted first as House Physician under Gregory, and then as H

The son of Robert Martin Craven (the first), surgeon of Hull. He was elected Surgeon to the Hull General (now the Hull Royal) Infirmary and was Chamberlain of Hull in 1832. He lectured on surgery at the Hull School of Medicine and Anatomy; carried on a practice with his father, whom he predeceased,

Born at Clovelly, in Devonshire, the youngest of the three sons of Colonel De Morgan of the Indian Army, Augustus, the celebrated mathematician, being his elder brother. He was educated at University College, London, and at the Middlesex Hospital, where he became Assistant Surgeon in 1842, and full

Studied in Dublin, Edinburgh, and London. He was at first Assistant to the Professor of Anatomy in the University of Dublin, then Surgeon to the Bristol Royal Infirmary and Lecturer on Surgery. He died at 7 Berkeley Square, Bristol, on October 31st, 1878.

Born on May 29th, 1812, his father, of an old Monmouthshire family, being a Doctor of Medicine and Roman Catholic who, in 1836, settled in practice in Upper Brook Street. He with two brothers were sent to Oscott, another brother became well known as a barrister, an active Governor of St George's Hos

Born at Banbury, Oxfordshire, on June 4th, 1804, and was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was Anatomical Prosector to John Abernethy and Dresser to Sir William Lawrence. He was gazetted Hospital Assistant to the Forces in May, 1827; Assistant Surgeon to the Forces on June 12th, 1828;