Born on 23 October 1857, the eldest child of John Moss Lawrence, a company director, and Emily Asher, his wife. He was educated at University College School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, and afterwards at Vienna. He served as senior house surgeon 1884-85 at St Bartholomew's, and later as chief aura

Born 3 September 1896 only child of Matthew Henry Hall, a professor of music, and Sarah Parry his wife, she was educated at Aigburth Vale High School, Liverpool, and the University of Liverpool, where she was Holt Fellow in physiology for 1919-1920. She took postgraduate courses at St Mary's Hospita

Born at Bradford, 7 February 1880, son of John Appleyard FRCS, surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, who died in 1905 aged 57, he was educated at Bradford Grammar School and University College Hospital, London, where he was a scholar and gold-medallist and a house surgeon. He studied in Berlin and was res

Educated at the University of Cairo and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, he practised as an ear nose and throat surgeon in Cairo. He was distinguished in his specialty, and well-known to his European colleagues through his membership of the International Collegium Otolaryngologicum. He had intended to

Michael ('Mike') Carruthers was a consultant ENT surgeon at St Thomas' Hospital and Lambeth Hospital, London. He had a great sense of humour, a profound sense of the ridiculous, and as a practical person was happiest when operating and being with his extensive family. He was born on 31 July 1919

Malcolm Haydon-Baillie was born in Sunderland on 27 August 1906, the elder son of Dr Thomas Cleghorn Baillie, DSc, principal of a technical college and Lily Christine Haydon. He was educated at Whitgift Grammar School and St Edmund's College, Ware, before entering King's College, London, and King's

Born on 21 November 1904 son of Peter Ashcroft he was educated at Knox College and the University of Otago, New Zealand. He came to the United Kingdom for postgraduate study in 1931, after his home town of Napier in North Island had been devastated by an earthquake. He was appointed otological re

Born in New Zealand on 26 April 1902, only son of Robert Mill of the Bank of New Zealand he was brought to London at an early age and was educated at Whitgift School and Guy's Hospital qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1924 and graduating MB BS with honours two years later. During his career a

Henry Forster was born in December 1888 and received his early education at Ashaw College, Durham, and St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool. He studied medicine at Liverpool University and graduated with honours in 1912. Before this he had obtained his MSc degree for his work with Sherrington in t

Gavin Hamilton Livingstone was born at Paisley on 22 December 1904 where his father was in general practice. He was the third child in the family, and his elder brother and sister both became members of the medical profession. His brother, Dr James L Livingstone, was a consultant physician at King's

Alfred Geddes Tresidder was born on 15 December 1881 and was educated at Falmouth Grammar School and the London Hospital, where he qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1906, and graduated MB BS London in 1907. He then worked for a time in general practice and entered the Indian Medical Service in

Guy Lawrence Thompson was born in Scarborough on 26 October 1897, the son of a local practitioner. He was educated at Winchester College and served in the Royal Field Artillery in the first world war. On demobilization he went to Trinity College Cambridge and took his BA in 1920, and then went to th