Born 23 October 1900 at Sutton St Nicholas, Herefordshire. His father, a working man, had migrated to Canada as a boy, and his mother only returned to her native Herefordshire village for his birth, and afterwards took him back to Canada. Some good fortune in dealing with property enabled the family

Born in 1883 son of Charles Ockwell of Cricklade, Wilts, he received his medical education at Guy's Hospital between the years 1901 and 1906, and while a surgical dresser to W H A Jacobson contracted septicaemia, for which Jacobson treated him during a long period of sickness. When qualified he went

Born in Gateshead on 23 January 1915 the eldest son of Thomas John Frederick Herbert, an engineer and his wife Edith, nee Ironsides, he was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the Medical School, Durham University, graduating MB, BS, in 1939. During his student days he was

Iven Alastair Page was born at South Grafton, New South Wales, in 1914, being the third son of Sir Earle Page. He was educated at the Fort Street Boys' High School and the Sydney Church of England Grammar School, and then proceeded to the University of Sydney where he graduated in medicine in 1937.

Born on 18 August 1902, the son of F M H Eckhoff, a Norwegian architect, he was educated in South Africa at Durban High School, Natal University and the University of Cape Town, and at Guy's Hospital, where he arrived in 1920 with a senior science scholarship. At Guy's he qualified with the Conjoint

Born on 4 July 1856 at Fort St George, Scotland, eldest of the three sons and four daughters of Benjamin Lane, assistant surgeon 80th Regiment of Foot, and his wife Caroline Arbuthnot Ewing, daughter of Joseph Ewing (1790-1868), surgeon 80th and 95th Foot. Benjamin Lane was born at Limavady, Co Derr

Francis Louis was born in 1900, and went for his medical education to University College, London where he qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1922, proceeding to the London University degree in 1924. In 1926 he obtained the FRCS and then held posts in general surgery in various London hospitals,

Geoffrey Molyneux Fitzgibbon was born on 24 August 1903 in Swansea. He was the eldest son of Major John Augustine Fitzgibbon of the Royal Garrison Artillery and Elizabeth, née Molyneux. He was educated at Stonyhurst College, near Clitheroe, Lancashire, and later at London University at St Thomas's H

Robert Allez Rotherham Wallace, the elder child and only son of Robert Wallace and Amelia (née Rotherham), was born on 2 November 1888 at Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia. After early education at Melbourne Grammar School he had architectural training at Perth Technical School and worked as a junio

Martyn was born in London on 6 August 1935. His father, Sir Clement Price Thomas, was surgeon to King George VI, President of the BMA, the Association of Surgeons, the Royal Society of Medicine and Vice-President of the College. His mother was Dorrie Ricks. He was educated at Leighton Park and then

Christopher Tiwari was educated at Agra University and at the SW Medical College, Agra, gaining a BSc in 1947 and qualifying MB BS in 1952. After qualification he was a demonstrator in pathology at his medical college, before coming to Britain and gaining his Fellowship. Thereafter he held registrar

Norman Hughes was born in Bangor, County Down, on 15 May 1915, the son of William Edwin Hughes, a manager of the Royal Insurance Company in Belfast, and his wife Elizabeth Knox, née Campbell, who was artistic and an enthusiastic gardener and golfer. Hughes was educated at Bangor Grammar School and Q