Richard Cory was born in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, the son of Francis, a banana planter and his wife, Annie Allen, nee Seymour. He went to school at Cornwall College in Montego Bay and in 1922 spent one year teaching before entering Bristol University for medical training. He was awarded the Suple Prize,

Alfred Charles Fisher was born on 26 June 1905 in Lurgan, Co Armagh. Both his father and uncle were physicians. When five months old he went with his parents to Northern Rhodesia; en route he was carried over the girders of the uncompleted Victoria Falls bridge before the roadway was put on. He was

Gordon Ungley was born on 17 January 1906 in Harringay, North London, the son of Charles Ungley, an accountant and company secretary, and his wife, Grace Daisy Eleanor, née Goody. After a spell at a local school he went as a boarder to Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School in York and from there to me

William Arthur Elliston (Bill) was born in Ipswich on 4 October 1904. His father, William Rowley Elliston OBE, was a barrister who became Recorder of Great Yarmouth and Mayor of Ipswich and his mother was Ethel Mary, nee Walton. Many of his family had been associated with the medical profession and

Thomas Keith Selfe Lyle was born on 26 December 1903, the son of Herbert Willoughby Lyle FRCS, (see *Lives of the Fellows* 1952-64) and his wife Elizabeth Ada (née Selfe). He was educated at Dulwich College, where he distinguished himself in the school, the OTC and the Rugby XV; at Sidney Sussex Col

Henry Hamilton Stewart was born on 23 August 1904, the son of H A Stewart, a practitioner at Thornton, Bradford. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School, King's College Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital. At Cambridge he was placed in the first class in the Natural Sciences Tripos of 1925. At St

John Barnard Blaikley was born in Finchley on 21 September 1906. His father was a banker and Michael Faraday was his great grand-uncle. He was educated at Christ's College, Finchley, and Guy's Hospital, where he qualified in 1928, taking the FRCS in 1931, the MRCOG in 1933, and the FRCOG in 1944. Af

William Sayle-Creer, the eldest son of William Sayle-Creer, a cashier, and of Rosa (née Veale) was born at Bootle, Lancashire, on 4 June 1903. After early education at Darne School, Ormskirk, he secured a state scholarship to Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, before graduating from Liverpool Univers

Robert Bradlaw was born on 14 April 1905 in Dublin into a large family with medical and dental connections, the son of Philip Bradlaw, who died when Robert was a child. He was educated at Cranleigh and at Guy's Hospital both as a dental and medical student. After qualifying and a spell in private pr

James Charles Frederick Lloyd Williamson was born in Horley on 9 July 1904. His father was a doctor, and he was educated at Rugby, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1928, and graduating BChir in 1929 and MB in 1931. After junior appoin

Wiles was born on 17 August 1899 the only son, with two sisters, of Thomas Wiles, chairman of Joseph Wiles and Son Ltd, corn-merchants of Mark Lane in the City of London. Thomas Wiles was a successful business-man and an active Liberal politician. He became Chairman of the London Corn Exchange, the

Born on 4 January 1906 at Salisbury of Scottish parents, he entered St Thomas's Medical School in 1923 from Brighton College, and distinguished himself consistently throughout his student career, being awarded the Beaney Scholarship and Sutton Sams Prize in 1927. He had an exceptional climax in the