Born at Lynn. He was articled, it is believed, to Mr Morris, surgeon, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire, and after qualifying returned to his native town, where he was elected House Surgeon to the Lynn Dispensary, continuing in this office till the institution was dissolved. He then became partner with Tho

Born at Stowmarket, the son of the Rev Dr Owen, who was for many years Rector of Beccles in Suffolk, and was educated at Beccles under Mr Crowfoot and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. Settling first in practice at Mattishall, Norfolk, he removed in 1841 to Oxford, where he continued to the time of his

Born at Burnley in October, 1811, and was apprenticed at the age of 13 to John Gilbertson of that town. He was educated at Guy's Hospital, and settled in practice at Preston, where he soon acquired popularity. He was Surgeon to the Preston Dispensary. In 1857 and again in 1870 he was President of th

Studied at the General Hospital, Birmingham, and at King's College Hospital, London. In 1841 he was appointed Medical Superintendent of the Stafford County Asylum until in 1855 he was appointed Commissioner in Lunacy on Lord Salisbury's recommendation. This post he resigned in 1878, but remained on

Born on board the flagship of Admiral Hayes, off the island of Java, the eldest son of Colonel Charles Thomas Higgins of the HEIC, then on shore at the time, leading his regiment in the storming of Batavia when it was taken from the French. Hence his second name Hayes. After a succession of schools