Born at Prestwich, son of J E Howarth and twin brother of (Sir) Edgar Goldie Howarth KBE, CB, he was educated at Shrewsbury, King's College, Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital. After house appointments, when he was house surgeon to Sir George Makins and W H Battle, he spent considerable time in post

Born in London 15 August 1862, the second child and eldest son of Harry Kelson, shipbuilder, and Emily Cumming his wife. He was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk. He then proceeded to the London Hospital, where he was Lethaby scholar and filled the offices of house physician, clinical surg

Born on 27 June 1877, third child and second son of the Rev James Patterson, minister of Ancrum, Roxburghshire, and Susan Noble, his wife. He was educated at Melville College, Edinburgh, and qualified from Edinburgh University in 1900, after winning the Grierson bursary in the basic sciences and the

Born at Bromborough, Cheshire, on 1 August 1858, the fifth child and second son of James Goodman Bull, merchant of Liverpool, and Mary Chilton, his wife. He was educated at the Hereford Cathedral School where he learnt to play cricket well. He was admitted to Caius College, Cambridge on 1 October 18

Born about 1863, he was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon, and in Paris. After serving as junior house surgeon at the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire General Hospital and senior resident medical officer at the Great Northern Hospital, London, and teaching anatom

Born in San Francisco on 1 February 1880, the eldest child of J Lewis Franklin, a business man, and his wife *née* Last; his father died while he was still a boy. He was educated at Lowell High School and the University of California. Coming to Europe he worked at Heidelberg University and at King's

Born at Mymensing, Bengal about 1872, the youngest son of John Gay French, FRCS, Indian Medical Service. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and obtained an open entrance scholarship at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London. He was house surgeon at St Mary's and also held resident pos

Born 27 July 1890 at Tientsin, North China, the eldest child of David Price Evans, a missionary, and Sarah Wilson, his wife. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Birmingham University, graduating in medicine in 1913. He served in the RAMC during the first world war, and was promo

Born at Barton-upon-Irwell, 19 June 1867, the son of George Hibbert Westmacott, wholesale chemist, and Rosena Berry, his wife. He was educated at the Grammar School, at the University, and at the Royal Infirmary, Manchester. As soon as he had qualified he went to Burma in the capacity of surgeon to

Born at Woolwich on 23 August 1876, only son of George Whale, solicitor, and Matilda Whale, his wife. He was educated at Bradfield, at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he played lawn-tennis for the university club "The Grasshoppers", and at St Bartholomew's Hospital where he served as house physician

Raymond Thomas Finde, son of T J Hinde of Harrow, was educated at the Haberdashers' School and at Guy's Hospital, where he played in the Rugby XV. After qualifying in 1940 he held house appointments at Guy's and then joined the Indian Medical Service. While in India he transferred to the Royal India

Born 13 May 1871 at Carlisle, the second child and second son of Robert Bowman Faulder, landowner, and Ann Jefferson, his wife. He was educated at St Bees School and matriculated from Clare College, Cambridge in 1888, where he held the Grindal exhibition and the senior classical scholarship. He grad