Born on September 30th, 1805, the eldest son and second child of Jonathan William Crompton, a merchant living in Edgbaston, by his wife Martha Webster, of Penns. He was sent at an early age as a pupil to G E Male, Physician to the General Hospital at Birmingham from 1805-1816. He was afterwards appr

Was at one time Surgeon to the South Staffordshire General Hospital, and then practised at Wolverhampton. He was a Fellow of the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Society, and contributed various papers to the Lancet and Provincial Medical Journal. He died of diphtheria at Wolverhampton on May 29th, 1859.

Was in general practice at 61 Broad Street, Ratcliff Cross, in 1847, then at Heath House, Commercial Road, E, where he was Surgeon to the Mercers' Almshouses, Stepney, to the Coopers' Almshouses, Ratcliff, and to the Government Vaccination Station, Stepney. By 1858 he had emigrated to New Zealand, w

Educated at Guy's Hospital under Sir Astley Cooper, and contributed to Cooper's Collection in the Guy's Museum several specimens of calculi, as also to the College Collection. He practised for some forty years at Chichester, for thirty of which he was Surgeon to the Infirmary. His chief operation wa

Educated at St George's Hospital, where he was entered as a twelve-months' pupil to Benjamin Brodie in October, 1828. He was apparently in practice at Baslow, Derby, in 1861, and then practised at Lansdowne Road, Tunbridge Wells, where he died on May 30th, 1863.

Practised at Chaddesley-Corbett, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, later at 41 Brunswick Street, Leamington. He was at one time Surgeon Major in the Militia, and died in or before 1890.

Studied at Guy's Hospital, and practised at Thornton, near Bradford, Yorkshire, where he was Medical Officer of the Thornton and Clayton District of the North Bierley Union. He next practised at 8 Ripton Road, Keighley, Yorkshire, and later in London at 124 Bridge Road, West Battersea. He died at Ba

The son of the Rev John Pye Smith, DD, FRS, a well-known Sheffield Nonconformist minister and geologist; the son inherited his father's industry, love of knowledge, and religious principles. Pye Smith went to Mill Hill School and was then articled to Ashwell, a City practitioner; he next studied

Practised at 73 Upper Gloucester Place, Dorset Square, London, NW, where he died on March 26th, 1872.

Studied at Guy's Hospital, and practised at Biddenden, Staplehurst, Kent, where he died long after retirement on January 21st, 1891.

Educated at St Bartholomew's and University College Hospitals, and in Paris. He practised at Eagle House, Blandford, Dorsetshire, where he was Medical Officer to the Union Workhouse. He died in retirement at 1 Maida Vale, London, on October 10th, 1887. His photograph is in the Fellows' Album. Pub

The fifth son of John Eddison, of Gateford, Notts, who died in 1812. His father belonged to the Society of Friends. His mother, niece of Abraham Booth, Baptist minister, was left a widow with eight children under eleven years of age, but with remarkable energy she fitted them all to fill responsible