William James Hamilton was born in County Antrim on 21 July 1903 and educated at Queen's University, Belfast, where he took the BSc with first-class honours in 1926 and obtained first place and first-class honours in the final medical examinations in 1929. He proceeded MSc in 1931 and went to Glasgo

Joseph Mendel Yoffey was a professor of anatomy at the University of Bristol and a pioneering investigator into lymphoid tissues and bone marrow. He was born in Manchester in 1902 into an orthodox Jewish family and was educated at Manchester Grammar School. He went on to study medicine at Manchester

Mary Frances Lucas was born on 15 August 1885, in Gravesend, the daughter of George John Lucas, who was a dental surgeon. She attended Rochester Grammar School for Girls and Eversley School, Folkestone. She entered the London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine for Women in the 1904/5 sessio

Gilbert Causey was born on 8 October 1907 in Wigan, Lancashire, the son of George Causey and Ada, née Hargreaves, who were shopkeepers. He was educated at Wigan Grammar School and Liverpool University. In 1930 he qualified MB ChB with first class honours, having been awarded numerous prizes and meda

One of the leading anatomists of her day, Ruth Bowden was born in India on 21 February 1915. Her father was a missionary, and her aunt, Edith Brown, had founded the Christian Medical College in Ludhiana, Punjab. As was usual, Ruth was sent back to England at the age of eight to be educated and to av

John Joseph Pritchard was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1916. He was educated at St Peter's College and at the University of Adelaide, where he graduated in 1934 with the BSc in medical science and mathematics. The same year he obtained the Primary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons

David Moffat was professor of anatomy at Cardiff University. He was born in Swansea on 3 October 1921. His father, William Burns Moffat, was a master tailor; his mother, Christine Alice Moffat née Williams, was a housewife. Moffat attended Swansea Grammar School and began studying medicine at St Bar

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital and at the Universities of Edinburgh and Dublin. He was born at Portsmouth and was the scion of a Norfolk family, his father being John Goodeve, banker, latterly of Bury Hall, Hants. Through his mother, Elizabeth Hurry, he claimed kindred with Sir John Hurry, th

Born on 28 March 1888 at Corbar NSW son of a schoolmaster, he was educated at Sydney Grammar School and Sydney University. Qualifying in 1911 he was appointed RMO at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and in 1912 he became a demonstrator of anatomy. In 1914 he joined the Australian Expeditionary

Douglas Erith Derry studied medicine at Edinburgh University, graduating in 1903; he was Crichton Research Scholar in Anatomy 1903-04, and Demonstrator in Anatomy. Very soon, however, Derry went to Egypt, and by 1906 was Assistant Professor of Anatomy at the Government School of Medicine, Cairo. In

James Robinson, formerly senior surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, was born on 25 June 1921 in Brisbane, Australia. At an early age his parents moved to France, where his father, Ernest Longton Robinson, died in 1928. His mother, Mary Gordon Olive née Love, then married Rupert Shelton Cor

Born on 3 March 1866, the son of the Rev John Box and his wife Sarah Bray. He was educated at Dulwich College, and started work in business in the City. Finding this uncongenial he entered St Thomas's Hospital medical school, where his student career was brilliant. He took honours in physiology in 1