Born on 5 May 1860, eldest son of Andrew Wynter, MD St Andrews 1853, and Mary Bramhall, his wife. His father was in general practice at Chiswick and Brompton; from 1855 to 1861 he was editor of the *British Medical Journal*; he died on 12 May 1876, aged 56. Walter Wynter's brother Andrew, MRCS 1888,

Born on 6 July 1871 elder son of W H Smith, a civil engineer at Chatham Naval dockyard, P M Smith was educated at Epsom College, as were his brother Sidney Maynard Smith FRCS, surgeon to St Mary's 1906-28, and son and at St Mary's. While practising as a children's physician he gained the Fellowship

Henry Cohen was born in Birkenhead on February 21, 1900, the son of a draper and clothier, and was educated at the church school of St John when the fees were 2d a week. One of his school masters remembered him as a brilliant boy 'who showed signs of genius when most boys are only beginning to show

The eldest son of George Turner, MRCS, who practised at 9 Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park, W, he was born at Chigwell, Essex, in September 1854. His younger brother was Sir G R Turner, KBE, FRCS, surgeon to St George's Hospital; two uncles also were Members of the College (see under G R Turner). E B Turne

Ivan Stuart Wilson was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1883. After qualifying in medicine from the University of Otago he came to England for postgraduate experience. He was demonstrator of anatomy at the London Hospital under Professor William Wright and then worked at the Chelsea Hospital for Wom

John Bishop Harman came from an extraordinary family of doctors, writers and politicians. His mother, Katherine Chamberlain, was the niece of Joseph Chamberlain, and married a distinguished ophthalmological surgeon, Nathaniel Bishop Harman. She herself qualified as a doctor at a time when there were

Born at Patna, Bihar, he was educated at Bankipur College and Calcutta Medical College. After qualifying in Calcutta, he entered the Bengal Medical Service, but after some years he was granted study leave to come to England and attended St Bartholomew's Hospital. Having passed both the final Fellows

The eldest son of George Soltau, a nonconformist minister of Plymouth, and of his wife Grace Elizabeth Tapson, he was born at Myddleton Square, London, WC, on 21 March 1876. His father, who had been governor of Dr Barnado's Home in London, took charge of a mission church in Tasmania, and his son was

Born at Leeds on 10 November 1870, the second child and second son of Thomas Arthur Sowry and Elizabeth Stead, his wife. He was educated at the Leeds Grammar School and the Yorkshire University, Leeds, where he won the Akroyd scholarship. He then entered St Bartholomew's Hospital, and acted as clini

Sir Humphry Rolleston was a physician and a College of Physicians man. He was elected LRCP before the establishment of the Conjoint Board and was never an MRCS. But he was a constant friend of the College of Surgeons, a life-long and almost daily reader in the Library, to which he gave many books, a

Born in Liverpool, 11 April 1878, the only son and eldest child of Henry Thompson, provision merchant and company director of Liverpool and Chester, and Elinor Julia Walker, his wife. He was educated at Arundel House School, Chester, where he was captain of both elevens. He won a high place in compe

Born at Gloucester on 28 March 1862, sixth son of the eight sons and one daughter of Leonard Hadley, flour miller, and Elizabeth Bretherton, his wife. He was educated at Queen's College, Taunton, Newcastle-on-Tyne Medical School, Göttingen University and the London Hospital, which he entered in Octo