Born 14 May 1878 at Christchurch, New Zealand, the seventh child and fifth son of Michael O'Brien, who owned a boot-factory there, and his wife Bridget Anne Quinn. He was educated at Christchurch Boys High School, and come to England to take his medical training at Guy's Hospital, where he served as

Born at Llanelly, South Wales on 18 June 1881, second son of Henry Roger Thomas and Edith Anne Thomas, his wife. He was educated at the Friends School, Bootham, entered the Leeds Medical School in 1898, and afterwards studied at the London Hospital, whence he took the London and Conjoint qualificati

Born at Graaff Reinet, Cape Colony on 20 January 1881, son of Walter Henry Lawrence Welchman, MRCS 1877, and Caroline, his wife, sister of Dr G P Baumann. He was educated at St Andrew's College, Grahamstown, at Capetown University, at University College, London, and at Guy's Hospital, where his fath

Born 17 January 1881 at Womersley vicarage near Pontefract, the seventh child and fifth son of the Rev Prebendary Joseph Henry Brierley and his wife Ellen, daughter of T P Teale (1801-67) FRCS 1843, the well-known Leeds surgeon, and sister of T Pridgin Teale (1831-1923) FRCS 1857, the hygienist, and

This obituary appeared in volume four: Born in 1884 he received his medical education at Charing Cross Hospital, where after qualifying he was appointed house surgeon, and then became a house surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. At one time resident medical officer at the Hampstead

Born at Birmingham where his father was city treasurer, he was educated at King Edward's School there and trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He held resident posts at the Gordon Hospital, London, and the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, and was resident medical officer under Bland-Sutton at

Born at Plymouth, 4 February 1884, the second child and elder son of Henry Oram, afterwards Engineer Vice-Admiral, KCB, FRS, and Emily Kate, daughter of J Bardens, his wife. E H B Oram was educated at Dulwich College and entered St George's Hospital Medical School on 1 October 1900. He also studied

Graham was born on 5 June 1881, won an Andrewes Entrance Scholarship to University College Hospital, and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1905. After taking his university degrees in 1907, he specialised in obstetrics and gynaecology, and held resident posts at Soho Hospital for Women and West

Born on 1 September 1882, son of Thomas Hey JP of Colne and his wife Martha Jane Tatham, whose father was a solicitor there, Wilson Hey was educated at Burnley Grammar School and the University of Manchester, winning scholarships and prizes. He took his clinical training at the London Hospital, and

Born on 22 August 1880 the only son of Henry Edward Juler FRCS, senior ophthalmic surgeon to St Mary's Hospital, and Amy Anderson his wife, he was educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took first-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos part 1 in 1901. He entered

Born at Prestwich, son of J E Howarth and twin brother of (Sir) Edgar Goldie Howarth KBE, CB, he was educated at Shrewsbury, King's College, Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital. After house appointments, when he was house surgeon to Sir George Makins and W H Battle, he spent considerable time in post

Born 31 August 1879, the eldest son of Francis Formby Back of Harrow Weald, proprietor of *The Egyptian Gazette*. He won classical scholarships at Marlborough College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1901 with second-class honours in natural science. He distinguished himself at row