Born at Edinburgh on 22 August 1872 the second son of James Paton, a Fellow of the Linnean Society and from 1876 curator of the Glasgow Art Galleries and Museum, and of Mary Kesson, his wife. He was educated at the Glasgow High School and University and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, wher

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 on 10 April 1906 at High Grange, Howden-le-Wear, Co Durham, the eldest son of Charles Arthur Pattison, mining engineer, and Annie Isabella Chilton, his wife. He was educated at Clifton House School, at Durham School, and at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne School of Medicine. He served as resident medic

Sir David Innes Williams (generally known as 'DI') had two careers of equal distinction and near equal length - as a surgeon and as an academic administrator. However, he was first and foremost a surgeon. He was born on 12 June 1919 in London into a distinguished medical family. His father, Gwynne E

William Weatherston Wilson, known as 'Bill', was a highly-respected general surgeon who spent his entire consultant career in Lancashire. He was first appointed as an assistant surgeon at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan, in July 1949; he was then 'upgraded' in February 1950 to consultant su

Willinsky was born in Toronto on 29 November, 1900, a younger son of Myer Lionel Willensky and his wife, née Vise, immigrants from Poland. An uncle had emigrated to Rhodesia, and was the father of Sir Roy Welensky. He graduated in dentistry at the University of Toronto in 1922 and then completed his

Studied at St George's Hospital, was House Surgeon at the Lock Hospital in 1844-1845, at the British Lying-in Hospital in 1845, at Westminster Hospital in 1846, and Clinical Assistant at Westminster Hospital in 1848. On April 4th, 1851, he was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the Coldstream Guards, a p

Born at Dunfermline in 1857, he was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he held a Grierson bursary, and afterwards at the London Hospital. As lecturer on anatomy at Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh he soon made a name for himself. It is said that he had an extraordinary power of imparting knowled

Born 20 December 1885, the youngest son of James Nowell Johnson, inspector of insurances, and his wife Elizabeth Burford. He was educated at the City of London School and St Thomas's Hospital, qualifying in 1908 and taking the Fellowship in 1911. In 1912 he entered the West African Medical Staff, in

Born at Greenisland, Co Antrim, where his family had lived for many generations, on 4 January 1872, the only son and eldest child of Charles Johnstone, land owner, and Mary McCreavy, his wife. He was educated at the Belfast Academical Institution, and at Queen's College, Belfast, where he was a scho

Born 3 July 1877 at Holywood, Co Down, Ireland, eldest of the three children and only son of David Johnston, MD, who was in general practice there, and of his wife Clara Agnes Dalton. He was educated at Upper Sullivan School, Holywood, and at Queen's College, Belfast, then a constituent of the Royal

Born 15 March 1906 at Rangoon, Burma, the eldest child of Mr Vedamanickam, accountant in the Burma railways. He was educated at St Antony's Boys High School and the University, Rangoon. After postgraduate study in England, he was appointed resident surgeon, lecturer in anatomy, and tutor in clinical