John Henry Walsh, better known by his pen name 'Stonehenge', was born at Hackney, London, on October 21st, 1810, the son of Benjamin Walsh. He was educated privately, and after qualifying became Surgeon to the Ophthalmic Institution. He lectured for a time on surgery and descriptive anatomy at the A

Born at Chippenham, Wilts. His father, an engineer, died while his son was very young, and his mother, after residing for a short time in Bath, went to London with her only child, who was devoted to her throughout his life. After being privately educated, Silcock entered the Medical Department of Un

Born on October 12th, 1804. He was descended from the family which had been Lords of the Manor and owners of estates at Edgbaston and other parts of Worcestershire and Warwickshire from the time of Henry II. He was apprenticed in 1820 to Chawner, a well-known surgeon at Lichfield, and in 1823 entere

Received his professional training at University College, London, where he was Fellowes Gold Medallist in Clinical Medicine at the Hospital, and Medallist in Anatomy, Pathology, and Medicine, as well as Senior Demonstrator in Anatomy (at University College and Westminster Hospitals). He was also at

Born on March 21st, 1854, at St Margaret's, Collier Street, Yalding, Kent, the fourth son of the Rev Thomas Milles, for thirty years Vicar of Yalding. He was one of four brothers educated at Tonbridge School. He was in Judde House in 1864, Captain of the Football XIII, and one of the Cricket XI in 1

Born on 20 April 1879, second son of George Edward D'Arcy Adams, MD Aberdeen, who practised at 1 Clifton Gardens, Maida Vale, London, W, and his wife who was a sister of Robert Doyne, FRCS. He was educated at Lancing, and at Exeter College, Oxford. Here he came under the influence of his uncle Ro

Born 4 November 1868, the sixth child and third son of Arthur Lister (1830-1908), FRS, merchant and botanist, and his wife, née Tindall. Arthur Lister was a younger brother of Joseph Lister, and William grew up in the centre of a most gifted medico-scientific family, comparable only to the Darwins.

Born at Springfield House, Hall Lane, Bradford on 28 February 1893, the eldest child of Samuel Lodge, OBE, MD, who survived him, dying on 19 March 1934, and Winifred Durham Garbutt his wife. His father and grandfather had practised in Bradford and his mother was the daughter of a medical man. Sam

Born 4 December 1867, fourth of seven sons of George Lawson, FRCS, and Mary, his wife, daughter of William Thomson, MD, surgeon in the Indian Medical Service (Crawford's *Roll of the IMS*, Bengal list, No 965). George Lawson had been invalided home from the Crimea, and later became surgeon to the Mi

John Dermot Ainslie Common was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary. He studied medicine at Westminster Hospital, where he qualified in 1971. Following his house appointment at the King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, he went to Sierra Leone, where he worked on and wr

Born at Paisley, the fourth and youngest son of Allan Coats, who was brother of Joseph Coats, Professor of Pathology in the University of Glasgow. He entered Glasgow University in 1892 and took the first place in the pathology class and in surgery. He held resident appointments in the Royal, Western

Douglas Arthur Langley was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Royal Northern and Whittington hospitals in London. He was born on 18 April 1917 at Woolwich, London, to Arthur Langley, an Army officer, and Laura Elizabeth née Webber. He was educated at Cottingham College, Plumstead, and Woolwich C