Came of a family which included many generations of medical men. He served his apprenticeship to his father in his native town, Totnes, Devon, and finished his professional training at Guy's Hospital. He was Resident Medical Officer at the Stamford Hill and Stoke Newington Dispensary, then Surgeon a

Educated at University College, London, and acted as House Surgeon to the North Staffordshire Infirmary. He moved to London, becoming Surgeon to the North St Pancras Provident Dispensary, Surgeon to the Keepers and Helpers at the Zoological Gardens, Hon Surgeon to the Asylum for Infirm Journeymen Ta

Born at Bow, the son of the Rev Charles Champneys, Rector of St Botolph's in the City of London, and Minor Canon of Windsor. He was educated at Guy's Hospital, and first practised at Slough, where he was Surgeon to the Police, and to the Great Western Railway whilst the branch to Windsor was under c

Fifth son of Dr Robert Brown, who was for many years Medical Superintendent of the Quarantine Station at Stangate Creek. He received his professional training at University College and the University of Edinburgh, and joined the Navy in 1846. He entered into the strong movement then on foot for the

Born in Montgomeryshire and was of Welsh extraction. He was apprenticed to Frederick Wood (qv), the Surgeon Apothecary at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was one of the earliest pupils of James Paget (qv), whose teaching made a lasting impression upon him. In 1845 he was elected House Surgeon Apothec

Born at Chesterfield, the son of Peter Redfern, distinguished for scientific attainments; he was educated privately in classics, and then apprenticed for five years to Richard Collis Botham, who was Surgeon to the Chesterfield Union and Workhouse. Redfern and another apprentice, C E Black, who after