Born in 1820, and educated at King's College, London, and at Westminster Hospital. He practised at the Manor House, Knowle, near Solihull, Warwickshire, and was at one time Medical Officer for the Knowle and Tanworth No 2 Districts of the Solihull Union. He was a Certifying Factory Surgeon at the ti

Studied at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, and practised for many years at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, where he was Medical Officer of No 1 District of the Wycombe Union, Surgeon Major in the Royal Bucks King's Own Militia, and Surgeon to the Great Western Railway Provident Society. Later he was

Born at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, on July 18th, 1847, the son of William Rose (qv) and nephew of Sir Philip Rose. He came of a race of surgeons, and, as his biographer, Sir John Cockburn, KCMG, says - "He affords a striking instance of the coincidence of an hereditary faculty with circumstance

Born at Hinchbrook, Huntingdon, in the province of Quebec, on June 29th, 1829, the eldest son of Lieut-Colonel Samuel James Hingston, who was of Irish extraction, by his second wife Eleanor McGrath, of Montreal. Like his father he was a Roman Catholic and was educated at the Montreal College of St S

Born at Darlington, and was educated at Trinity College and the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, and Westminster Hospital. Upon the foundation of Charing Cross Hospital he joined the staff as Lecturer on Anatomy, in which post he had among his pupils Dr Livingstone, Professor Thomas H Huxley, Sir

Practised at Bath, and died on December 25th, 1859.

Was one of the twenty children of Thomas Verney Okes, Surgeon to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, a medical author in extensive practice. John Okes's brother, Dr Richard Okes (d1888), was Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and editor of *Musae Etonienses* (new series 1796-1833). John Okes was

Was apprenticed to Mr Sawrey, Bloomsbury Square; studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital in the time of Abernethy and Lawrence, and afterwards in Paris. He practised in Southampton Row, Russell Square, and was an ardent phrenologist, collecting casts of living and dead celebrities, himself convinced of

Became Surgeon in the Royal Navy. On retiring he lived at 6 Windsor Terrace, Douglas, Isle of Man, and died there on February 4th, 1884.

Was for many years Inspecting Medical Officer at Charlottetown, Prince Edward's Island. For the last three or four years of his life his duties were performed by Dr J Warburton, Acting Quarantine Officer. Hobkirk died in October, 1888.

At the edge of Bantry town, by the harbour, is a beautiful walk called Béicín loop. The way markers for this heritage walk are dedicated to the memory of Seán Baker, who was chairman of Bantry Town Commissioners and, for many years, the sole county surgeon at Bantry Hospital. Seán truly practised ge

Studied at the University of Edinburgh, where he was Senior Mackenzie Bursar in 1882-1883 and afterwards Demonstrator of Anatomy. He was then appointed Surgical Registrar and Tutor at the Royal Infirmary, Liverpool, next Demonstrator of Anatomy and Curator of the Museum at University College, Liverp