John Oscar Reginald Stewart, known as ‘Oscar’, was one of three general surgeons serving the whole of Lincolnshire from Lincoln County Hospital in the days when no government targets had to be reached and, as a result, waiting lists were small. He was born in Belfast on 2 November 1922. His father,

William Jones Owen was a consultant surgeon at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals and a senior lecturer at King’s College, London. He spent his early life in north Wales, where he excelled at his academic work, rugby, music and Welsh. He won first prize in a recital group at the Urdd National Eisteddfo

Born at Norwich of an old Norfolk family; entered St Thomas’s Hospital and was dresser to Joseph Henry Green in 1847, and later House Surgeon. During the cholera epidemic of July to September, 1849, he superintended the admission of cholera patients, and subsequently recorded his experiences. “Beyon

Educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and in Vienna. After qualifying he became House Surgeon at the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, and practised for some years at 20 Union Road, Tufnell Park, N. He was at one time Assistant Aural Surgeon to the Dispensary and Senior Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy at

Born at St Albans, the son of William Bassett-Smith, and educated at St John’s College, Hurstpierpoint. He then entered the Middlesex Hospital, and after acting as House Physician passed into the Navy in 1883. He was promoted to Staff Surgeon in 1895; Fleet Surgeon in 1899, Surgeon Captain in 1917,

Born at Burton-on-Trent, and after education at the Grammar School was apprenticed for five years to Septimus Allen. Entered St Bartholomew’s Hospital in October, 1825, dissected, with Richard Owen, a fellow-student, and attended the lectures of John Abernethy. He was appointed Librarian of the Medi

Born in Manchester, where his father owned print works. He was apprenticed to Walter Dunlop, of Rochdale, and after graduating in Edinburgh settled in practice in Ardwick by the advice of Sir James Lomax Bardsley, Consulting Physician to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, who had been struck by his pap

Educated at St George’s Hospital, where he was entered as a twelvemonths’ pupil to Robert Keate on October 18th, 1828. Practised at Abergavenny, and was Surgeon to the Dispensary. He died at Berkeley Square, Clifton, on December 31st, 1854.

Received his professional training at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals. He practised at Coleford, Gloucestershire, and died there in 1885.

Educated at St George’s Hospital, and was gazetted Hospital Assistant to the Forces on December 5th, 1826; Assistant Surgeon to the 56th Foot on March 20th, 1828; Surgeon to the 23rd Foot on September 24th, 1841; joined the Staff (1st class) April 16th, 1852; retired on half pay with the rank of Dep

Surgeon and Consulting Surgeon to the Western General Dispensary, and Medical Referee to the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company. He died at 27 York Place, Portman Square, W, on Nov 7th, 1880.

Son of Andrew Anderson, merchant, of Greenock, and nephew of Professor John Anderson, founder of the Andersonian University, Glasgow. Born in Greenock, he pursued his preliminary studies in Glasgow, and completed his medical training in Edinburgh and London. He was appointed a Surgeon's Mate (Genera