The second son of Thomas Savage (qv). He was born in Birmingham in December, 1869, and after being educated at Birmingham School, matriculated from Christ Church at the University of Oxford on October 14th, 1884, graduated BA in 1890 and acted for a short time as Demonstrator of Anatomy in the Unive

Born about 1891, he was educated at the University of Sydney, qualified in 1914 and, after serving as a resident at Sydney Hospital, went on active service in 1915, was mentioned in dispatches, won the DSO 1918, and was demobilised as a Lieutenant-Colonel, Australian Army Medical Corps; he was also

Ivor John Thomas qualified from the London Hospital in 1942 and within three years had obtained both Edinburgh and English Fellowships. During the latter years of the war he was resident surgical officer at Cardiff Royal Infirmary, assistant surgeon in the Emergency Medical Service and surgical regi

Kevin Walter Priddis was a consultant gynaecologist at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia. He was born on 3 July 1913 in Trangie, a small town near Dubbo in north western New South Wales, the son of Frederick Walter Priddis, a publican, and Margaret Priddis née McCarthy. There were four childr

Donald Forsyth Lawson graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1933 and his early appointments included that of resident medical officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1934. He passed the diploma in gynaecology and obstetrics at Melbourne in 1936 and following this was medical superintenden

Elliot Philipp was an eminent gynaecologist and obstetrician, author of numerous popular and technical medical works, and a committed religious and charitable Jew. He was born on 20 July 1915 to Oscar Isaac and Clarisse Philipp (née Weil) in Stoke Newington, London. He was educated at Warwick House

John Howkins was a gynaecological surgeon at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He was born in Hartlepool, County Durham, on 17 December 1907, the son of John Drysdale Howkins, a civil engineer, and Helen Louise née Greenwood, the daughter of a bank manager. He was educated at Cargilfield Preparator

Born at Birmingham where his father was city treasurer, he was educated at King Edward's School there and trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He held resident posts at the Gordon Hospital, London, and the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, and was resident medical officer under Bland-Sutton at

Ian Logan Craft was born on 11 July 1937 in Wanstead, East London, one of twins, sadly his sister failed to survive the birth. He was the eldest of the three sons of Reginald Craft, an employee of Barclays Bank, and his wife Lois née Logan, who also worked for the bank until she married. Educated in

David Gordon was a gynaecologist at Epsom. He was born in Kohat, India, on the North West frontier, where his father was a Brigadier with the 2/8th Gurkha Rifles. As was usual in those days, David was sent to England at the age of eight to live with an aunt at Lyme Regis. He was later sent to Wellin

Educated at Malvern College and at St Thomas's Hospital. After taking the Fellowship he engaged in active practice in Egypt and at the same time worked for the degrees of the University of London. As the subject of his MD thesis he selected "Bilharziosis in Women", and on this question he was able t

Was apparently trained for the profession at the Westminster Hospital School of Medicine, where he was at one period Lecturer on Anatomy. Later he practised as a physician at 34 Dorset Place, Dorset Square. He was next appointed Physician to the Samaritan Free Hospital for Women and Children, of whi