Born in 1849 at Riverina, New South Wales, son of Sydney Grandison Watson, RN, pastoralist on the Upper Murray. He was educated at the Scotch College, Melbourne, where he won the scripture prizes and was noted as an athlete. He was destined for the Church, but after a visit to the Pacific islands, w

Born 25 November 1851 the second of the ten children of Robert Ward Shepherd, general manager of the Ottawa River Navigation Co, and his wife, * née* Delesderniers, who was of Swiss origin. He was born at Port Cavignal, afterwards named Como, a village about 38 miles from Montreal on the southern si

Born at Kilmainham, Dublin, in August 1842, a nephew on his mother's side of Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator, who was at the time a prisoner in Kilmainham gaol. He was educated at Queen's College, Galway; at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; in Paris and Vienna. He received a commission as a

Was the fourth child of the Rev. Peter Bellinger Brodie, M.A., of Worcester College, Oxford, Rector of Winterslow, Wilts, by Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Collins, Banker and printer, of Milford, near Salisbury. The Brodies were originally a Morayshire clan, and the family was fortunate in relations.

Born at 11 London Wall on Nov. 1st, 1791, the only child of Joseph Green, a wealthy London merchant, head of the firm of Green & Ross, of Martin Lane, Cannon Street, E.C., and afterwards of London Wall, his mother being Frances, sister to Henry Cline, Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital. A delicate boy

Practised at Trinity House Lane, Hull, and was Surgeon to the Hull General Infirmary and to the Lying-in Charity. He was also Lecturer on Anatomy at the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire Medical School. Late in life he was living at Hessle, Yorkshire, where he died in or before 1860.

Educated at Queen's College, Birmingham, where he was afterwards Hon Pathologist, Demonstrator of Anatomy, and Professor of Anatomy. He was at one time Resident Medical Officer of the Bradford Infirmary and Dispensary, but from about the year 1866 he practised in Bristol Road, and latterly at 56 New

Born 14 June 1867 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the second son and third child of Henry Parker, manager of the Elswick lead works, Newcastle, and Mary Phillips, his wife. On 5 October 1908 he took the extra name of Dodds, and after that date was known as Dodds-Parker. He was educated privately until he en

Born 11 October 1882, the third child and only son of Samuel Buckley, FRCS, consulting physician to the Clinical (now the Northern) Hospital for Diseases of Women and Children, Manchester, and his wife, Florence Woolley. He was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge, and took first-class h

Of those serving the needs of Malta and its population after the Second World War, the name of Victor Griffiths stands out as a most remarkable man. A gifted general surgeon, he had a very wide repertoire, including thoracic surgery. He served Malta as professor of surgery and of anatomy over many y

Banerji was born on 23 March 1880 at Rawalpindi where his father was Head of the American Presbyterian Mission School. He joined the Calcutta Medical School in 1897 and qualified from there in 1904. After serving many appointments in Calcutta Banerji went to England and obtained his English Fello

Eric Farquharson was born on 13 December 1905, the only son of William Anderson Farquharson, SSC, and Agnes Ness Cowie. A paternal great-grandfather, grandfather and two uncles were medically qualified. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and the University of Edinburgh. Postgraduate studies follow