Born at Perry Hall, Bromsgrove, on 16 January 1864, the third son and fifth of the seven children of Edward Housman, solicitor, and Sarah Jane Williams, his wife. He was educated at Bromsgrove School and at Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, where he was house physician and house surgeon. He then acted a

The eldest son of George Heaton of Handsworth, connected with the Birmingham Mint and later of Milan, was educated at Clifton College (1873-1880), where he became Head Boy, and then at Magdalen College, Oxford, having obtained a Demyship in Science, from Oct 16th, 1880, to 1885. He obtained 1st Clas

Born on 29 May 1866 at Romsey, Hampshire, third child and second son of the Rev John White and his wife Martha Fisher, he was educated at Monkton Combe School and University College Hospital, where he served as demonstrator of anatomy for several years and held the usual resident posts. He took hono

Born on 11 February 1867 at Colombo, Ceylon, where his father, William Dumaresq Wright, was colonial treasurer; his mother's maiden name was Amy Braybrooke; he was their second son and third child. He was educated at Appledurcombe College, Isle of Wight, and at Haileybury, and took his medical train

Born in Southwark on 12 May 1858, the eldest son and third child of Beriah Drew, a wholesale chemist, and Jane Millicent Clarke, his wife. He was educated at a city school and then proceeded to Guy's Hospital where he gained the first-year's scholarship and the J Hoare exhibition. He afterwards held

Born 10 December 1861 at 21 Harewood Square, London, W, the second child of Sidenham Duer, civil engineer, and Mary S Unwin, his. wife. He was educated at St Marylebone and All Souls Grammar School, Regent's Park, under the headmastership of A H Barford, BA, FLS, and at University College Hospital.

Born at Bletchley, 31 August 1865, the seventh child and fifth son of Thomas Lucas, farmer, and his wife, *née* Goodman. He was educated privately till he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1883, where he subsequently served as house surgeon. He was for a time resident medical officer at the Metro

Born at Blackburn on 21 January 1866, the second child and eldest son of Thomas Firth, cotton spinner and manufacturer, and Betty Fielden Lacy, his wife. He was educated privately and at Owens College, Manchester, before beginning his medical training at King's College and University College Hospita