Charles Burgess, known as Terence, was born in Hoylake, the Wirral, Cheshire, on 10 January 1913, into a medical family. His father, Charles Herbert Burgess, was a general practitioner, as was his grandfather, Robert Burgess. His mother was Meta Jeanette née Leitch. Terence was educated at Haileybur

Robert Townsend Burkitt, known as 'Robin', was a highly respected consultant general surgeon at Ashford Hospital. He was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, on 28 September 1912. His father, James Parsons Burkitt, was an engineer and County Surveyor, and also a distinguished orn

Alexander Cameron, known as ‘Alistair’, was a consultant surgeon at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He was born in Tranent, East Lothian, on 1 August 1933, the son of Alexander Cameron, a miner who became vice-president of the National Union of Mineworkers for the Scottish area, and Margaret née Hogg,

Educated at University College, London, where he was House Surgeon. During the Crimean campaign he was Medical Officer to the Crimean Engineer Corps. He then settled in practice at Salisbury in partnership with John Andrews, and was Surgeon to the Salisbury Infirmary, Deputy Coroner for the South Di

The son of John Carden, Surgeon to the Worcester Infirmary, born at Worcester, was educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. His elder brother, Thomas, had succeeded his father and was in turn succeeded by Henry Douglas, who held the post from 1888-1861, when he became Consulting Surgeon. He enjoyed a

Born at Leeds in 1814, became a pupil of Mr Needham, and studied at the York School of Medicine and at University College Hospital. He became assistant to Henry Barnett, of Blackheath, and afterwards joined him in partnership until his death in 1873. He then developed an extensive practice at the he

The only son of William Carr, of Birstall, Yorks. He was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, where he matriculated on March 15th, 1847. He took his degree in *Lit Hum*, obtaining a 4th class, received his professional training at King’s College, London, and for a time practised at Crow Trees, Gom

Educated at University College, London. He was Assistant Surgeon to the Dowlais Iron Works, Glamorganshire, and then practised for many years at Pewsey, Wilts, where he was Medical Officer to the Union District and Workhouse. After his retirement he resided at The Alders, 70 St Helen’s Road, Hasting

Educated at University College Hospital, London, and practised at Plymouth and next at Brighton, first at 83 Grand Parade and at 2 Pavilion Street, and then at 24 Old Steine, where he died on September 14th, 1894. He was at one time Physician to the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, and was

Studied at St Thomas’s and Guy’s Hospitals, and after qualifying practised in Cambridge. He opened a discussion in 1860, at the Cambridge Branch of the British Medical Association, upon the treatment of acute inflammatory diseases. Antiphlogistic measures were considered undesirable; some would use

John Collis Carter – John Carter in the *Fellows’ Register* – was one of the earliest members of the Royal College of Surgeons, the Charter of which is dated March 22nd, 1800, as George Gunning Campbell (qv) was one of the last to be admitted a member of the old Corporation of Surgeons. Dates of his

Educated at the Universities of Dublin and Edinburgh. He practised at Falcaragh, Letterkenny, Co Donegal, being at the time of his death a JP for the county, Admiralty Surgeon and Agent, and a Corresponding Member of the Dublin Natural History Society. He died at Falcaragh on March 15th, 1877.