Leonard Pellew was a general surgeon. He was born on 22 February 1909 in Balaclava, Victoria, South Australia the son of Leonard James Pellow, a surgeon and his wife Hirell Alice née Ternouth, the daughter of an Adelaide manufacturer. His father served with the RAMC in France from 1915 to 1916 and h

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as House Surgeon. He was at one time Senior Surgeon to the Farringdon General Dispensary and Surgeon to the North London Eye Infirmary. He continued in practice at 5 Suffolk Place, Pall Mall East, till his retirement, when he lived at Dover, Tun

Born at Gosberton, near Spalding, Lincolnshire, the son of a farmer. Educated at University College School and University College, London, and received his professional training at St. Thomas's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon and Demonstrator of Anatomy in the Medical School. He started practic

Educated at Guy's Hospital, and for a time was Demonstrator of Anatomy. He practised first at Whitchurch, Hampshire, then at Evesham. In 1832 at the Worcester Meeting he seconded Sir Charles Hastings' proposal to found the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, subsequently the British Medical

Born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where his father was a medical practitioner. He served for a few months at Woolwich as an Army Assistant Surgeon, but joined his father at Newcastle in 1815. He soon gained a reputation as a surgeon and was renowned for the long distances he would ride to visit his patie

Educated in Dublin, at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and in Paris. He practised at Burton-on-Trent in partnership with Robert Sherratt Tomlinson, and was at one period Surgeon to the Dispensary, to the Union, and to the Infirmary, of which latter institution he was Consulting Surgeon at the time of his

Born at Kibworth in October, 1834, the son of John Marriott, MRCS, who practised at Kibworth for fifty-five years, while his grandfather practised there for over fifty years. He went to Uppingham School and was then a pupil of Henry Terry (qv), Surgeon to Northampton Hospital. After three years' app

The son of Thomas Mordey, shipowner; studied at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals and afterwards in Paris. He commenced practice in Sunderland in 1826, when he became well known during the cholera epidemic of 1831-1832. He had charge of the Cholera Hospital and was generally praised for the good servi

Born at Fowey, in Cornwall, where his father was rector. The family of Kempe living at Croysillack, Cornwall, traced back to 1423. His grandfather was a brother of Admiral Kempe. His two elder brothers were in orders, one becoming the Rector of Merton, North Devon, and Prebend of Exeter Cathedral, t

Born at Cannock, Staffordshire, in September, 1795; was apprenticed to Dr Somerville of Stafford, then studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was dresser under Abernethy, and afterwards studied anatomy in Paris. He joined Somerville in partnership at Stafford, and in 1823 was appointed Surge

Studied at St Bartholomew's and at the Dublin Lying-in Hospitals. He practised at St Giles' Plain, Norwich, was Surgeon to the County Gaol, and Surgeon-Accoucheur to the Norwich Lying-in Institution. He died in retirement at the above address on September 3rd, 1883.

Born on October 2nd, 1839, at Lloran House, Marlborough. He was the son of David Pierce Maurice (qv), who in turn had succeeded his father, other members of the family practising as contemporaries at Reading. He went to Cheltenham School in August, 1856, then to St Mary's Hospital, where he was Hou