Born at Whitechurch, Shropshire; began his scientific education at Owens College, Manchester, and his medical education at St Bartholomew's, where he entered after winning the open scholarship in 1881. He was throughout a most brilliant student. He was House Surgeon in 1886-1887 and then Assistant A

Born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on October 1st, 1810, and came of a Northumbrian stock, both his father and mother being natives of Alwinton. He was educated at Witton-le-Wear, Durham, and in 1827 was apprenticed to T Leighton, Senior Surgeon at the Newcastle Infirmary, to whom £500 was paid as Embleton

The son of Edward Wilson Duffin, MD (qv); was educated at King's College, London, and at the Universities of Edinburgh and Berlin. He came under the influence of Virchow in Berlin, and thus acquired an interest in pathology which coloured all his later work as clinician and teacher. He was House Phy

Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital and in Paris. He practised first in London at 8 Hinde Street, then in the United States, where he was Physician to the Columbia General Hospital and to the British and the American Legations. He returned to Cromwell Road, and acted as Physician to the City Dispen

The son of Henry Compton Law, of Allington, by the daughter of the Rev John Taylor, Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Caroline. He was first articled to S S Varcombe, of Castle Cary, and in 1867 became a student at Guy's Hospital, where his contemporaries were Golding-Bird, Jacobson, Mahomed, and Pye-Sm

Educated at University College, London, where he was Obstetrical and Ophthalmic Assistant, and in Paris. He was connected for a long time with the Metropolitan Hospital, and became Consulting Physician. He was also at one time Physician to the North London Hospital for Consumption and to the Farring

Educated at St George's Hospital. At the time of his death he was Physician to the Denbighshire General Dispensary and Asylum for Recovery of Health, and had been in 1861 Consulting Physician and Hon Governor of the Chester General Infirmary. He was also JP for the City of Chester and County of Denb

Born in London on January 30th, 1869, the son of Francis Wilson Lister and Elizabeth Wishart, only daughter of David Roy, of Glasgow. He was educated at the Haberdashers' Company's School, and received his professional training at Guy's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon in 1893-1894. He was Regis

Born in London on October 24th, 1835, the third son of the Rev John Henry Smith, Vicar of Milverton, Warwickshire. One of his brothers was G Theyre Smith, the dramatist. He was educated at Leamington College, and received his professional training at University College, London, where he was a brilli

Born on August 17th, 1857, at Castle Donington, Leicestershire, the youngest son of John Smith, a surgeon of considerable repute during forty years at Castle Donington. He received his early education at Christ's Hospital, where he was distinguished both as a scholar and as an athlete. He won an ope

Born in Liverpool, 11 April 1878, the only son and eldest child of Henry Thompson, provision merchant and company director of Liverpool and Chester, and Elinor Julia Walker, his wife. He was educated at Arundel House School, Chester, where he was captain of both elevens. He won a high place in compe

Born at Denmark Hill, London, SE on 28 October 1860, younger son and youngest of the four children of George Leonard Turney, needle and pin manufacturer, and Anna Neeve, his second wife. He was educated at Dulwich College and at Trinity College, Oxford. While at Oxford he had a severe attack of scar