Born at Le Sueur, Minnesota on 29 June 1861, the elder son of William Worrall Mayo and Louise Abigail Wright, his wife. The younger son Charles Horace Mayo was also an Honorary FRCS. For an account of W W Mayo, their father, see the life of C H Mayo, above. William J Mayo, was educated at the Ro

Educated at St George’s Hospital, where he was a pupil of Sir Everard Home. He entered the Madras Army in 1802, was promoted to Surgeon in the 16th Regiment in 1824, and retired with the rank of Superintending Surgeon in 1828. Later he practised at 3 Cambridge Terrace, Regent’s Park, and died on Jan

Came of Huguenot stock, an ancestor having taken refuge in England after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Both his father and grandfather were members of the medical profession and practised in John Street, Golden Square, London. Educated at St George’s Hospital, he was a fellow-pupil with S

Practised in Cherry Street, Birmingham, and was Surgeon to the General Hospital. He died at Whiston, Shropshire, on March 13th, 1860.

Practised at Bedford in the firm of Harris & Son. He was co-proprietor with Henry Harris, LRCP Edin, Resident Physician, of the Springfield House Lunatic Asylum. He was also Surgeon to the Bedford General Infirmary, and Visiting Surgeon of Lunatic Asylums in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Huntingd

Educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital; practised at Dudley, Worcestershire, where he died on April 16th, 1870. He was a favourite pupil of Abernethy, and Badley’s notebooks of Abernethy’s lectures were presented by his grand-daughter, Miss Laura E Badley, to Queen’s College, Birmingham. It does not

The son of Jeremiah Vaux, whom he succeeded as Surgeon to the General Hospital, Birmingham, an office held by Dr Jeremiah Vaux from the foundation of the institution. Bowyer Vaux held office from 1808-1843. He died at Teignmouth, South Devon, where he had resided for seventeen years, on Saturday, Ma

Practised at East Beach, Taunton, Somerset, and was from its inception a member of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association. He died at Teignmouth on June 15th, 1850.

Thomas Williams was a consultant general surgeon at the West Suffolk General Hospital, Bury St Edmunds. He was born into a medical family in Canterbury, Kent, on 6 May 1910, the son of Moses Thomas Williams FRCS. Tom’s schooling was first at Sir Roger Harwood’s Grammar School, Sandwich, and then Rug

Neville Coleman Davis was a leading surgeon in Queensland. He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, on 30 January 1924, the son of Clyde Davis, a medical practitioner, and Vera née Phillips. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School and the University of Sydney, qualifying in 1945. He completed hou

Claude Brun was a consultant surgeon in Blackburn. He was born on 23 August 1917 in Mauritius. His father, René Brun, was a bank clerk in Port Louis who was descended from a captain in the Napoleonic navy. His mother, Jeanne Brun, was also of French descent. Claude was the eldest of six children. Hi

George Birbara was a general surgeon in Leeton, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney on 16 August 1928. His parents, Anis, a tailor, and Amanda (née Diab) had emigrated from Lebanon. George went to Sydney Boys’ High School and Sydney University. After house appointments, he went to England in 19