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

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

Born at Denmark Hill, London, SE on 28 October 1860, younger son and youngest of the four children of George Leonard Turney, needle and pin manufacturer, and Anna Neeve, his second wife. He was educated at Dulwich College and at Trinity College, Oxford. While at Oxford he had a severe attack of scar

Born on 13 August 1857 at 4 Stockwell Park Road, Brixton, the only child of Frederick Walters and his wife, *née* Rufenacht. His father and grandfather were silk-weavers, members of the Weavers Company and freemen of the City of London. His father in 1870 bought a surgical instrument business, in wh

Sir Harold Himsworth was elected to the honorary Fellowship in 1965, during his tenure of the office of Secretary of the Medical Research Council. 'Harry' was born in Huddersfield on 19 May 1905, and was educated at King James Grammar School in nearby Almonbury. He came to London for his medical edu

Eric Scowen was Professor of Medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was born in London on 22 April 1910 and trained at Bart's. After being chief assistant at the Royal Chest Hospital, he returned to Bart's as assistant physician in 1937, being made physician in 1946. He was appointed as the Profe

Born at Blackheath on 22 April 1874, the eldest child and only son of Captain William Maxwell, merchant navy, and his wife, *née* Dobell. He was educated at Weymouth College and Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he was sizar and exhibitioner. He took first-class honours in part 1, 1896, of the Na

Andrew Raffle, former chief medical officer of London Transport Executive, was an expert on medical standards for driving. He was born on 3 September 1918 in Newcastle upon Tyne, where his father, Andrew Banks Raffle, a barrister and a doctor, was medical officer for health for South Shields (he was

Born at Caerphilly on December 6th, 1821, the son of a medical man who had an extensive country practice, which he conducted on horseback; he was proud of his stable, and his son had the advantage of an active outdoor life in his boyhood and after his apprenticeship to his father. William Edwards (1

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

Born in London, 29 July 1864, the third son of Hugh Smith of Darvel, Ayrshire, and younger brother of Sir George Smith, KCMG, Governor of Nyasaland, 1913-23. Hugh Smith was educated at the City of London School and at University College, London. He entered the London Hospital after gaining the entra

Dame Cicely Saunders established St Christopher's Hospice in London, which became the model for hundreds of other hospices. She was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, on 22 June 1918, the daughter of Gordon Saunders, a domineering estate agent, and Mary Christian Wright. She was educated at Roedean and