Born in Manchester, March 5th, 1783, the son of Jeremiah Ainsworth, an accomplished scholar and well-known mathematician, who may be regarded as founder of a Lancashire school of mathematicians, and to whom many references will be found in *Notes and Queries*, 1853, viii, 541. The family of Ainswort

Practised in Paris. He died on or before May 7th, 1852.

One of the first surgeons appointed to the Sussex County Hospital at Brighton, his colleagues being Robert Taylor (q.v.) and John Lawrence (q.v.). He was Surgeon to the Royal Family, and received £300 a year for attending the household at the Pavilion. He vaccinated King Edward VII and the Princess

Was born of yeoman stock at Aynho, Oxfordshire, and was educated at the local grammar school under Mr Leonard, known for his scholarship and his addiction to green tea. He was apprenticed to a surgeon at Woodstock, and afterwards became a pupil of John Abernethy at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where h

Studied at Guy's Hospital, and was for many years Medical Superintendent of St Saviour's Infirmary, Westmorland Road, Walworth, South London. Becoming a barrister-at-law, Middle Temple, he retired from his post and practised at 3 Elm Court, Temple, and in 1890 was living at East Dulwich Grove, and a

Born in January, 1787. He joined the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on Sept 15th, 1808, and was promoted Surgeon on Jan 1st, 1820; Superintending Surgeon on Nov 21st, 1830; a Member of the Bombay Medical Board on Jan 3rd, 1835; and President of the Board on the following May 1st. His active servic

Born in Tavistock Place, London, on Jan. 1st, 1811, the son of Daniel Curling, F.S.A., Secretary to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, and Elizabeth, daughter of William Blizard and sister of Sir William Blizard. He was educated at The Manor House, Chiswick, and was afterwards apprenticed t

Hamerton, George Albert (d.1920). MRCS July 23rd 1874; FRCS June 14th 1894; LSA 1873; LM 1875; LRCP Lond 1880; MD (Hons) Brussels 1878; DPH RCPS 1892. Studied at St Thomas's Hospital; was Resident Medical Officer at the Lambeth Infirmary; Medical Officer of the Inland Revenue Office, Somerset Hou

Born at Great Yarmouth on Jan. 11th, 1814, the eighth of seventeen children of Samuel Paget by Sarah Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Thomas Tolver, of Chester. Sir George Edward Paget (1809-1892), Regius Professor of Physic at Cambridge, was a brother. The father was a brewer and a shipowner who se

Born Oct 17th, 1819, and entered the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on January 12th, 1845, being promoted Surgeon June 16th, 1858, Surgeon Major on January 12th, 1865. Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, May 10th, 1871, retiring December 6th, 1876. He saw active service in the Indian Mutiny (18

Educated at Guy’s Hospital, where after qualification he held the posts of House Surgeon, Surgical Registrar, and Senior Demonstrator of Anatomy. He won University distinction, being University Medical Scholar and Medallist in Surgery in 1861. For three years, 1866-1869, he was Surgeon to the Metrop

Conrad Latto was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. He was born on 3 March 1915, the son of David and Christina Latto. His father was the town clerk of Dundee, his mother a frugal Scot who scrupulously saved towards the education of their three sons. Conrad, Gordon and Do