Born on Sept 16th, 1817. He entered the Bombay Army as Assistant Surgeon on March 16th, 1843, was promoted Surgeon on August 31st, 1860, Surgeon Major on March 16th, 1863, and retired on August 13th, 1871. He saw active service in New Zealand under Colonel Despard, and was present at the capture of

Born on January 12th, 1865, and was educated at Guy's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon and Resident Accoucheur. He entered the Madras Army as Surgeon on July 28th, 1891, and resigned on account of ill health on July 29th, 1892, when he held the rank of Surgeon Captain, a designation introduced i

‘Bill’ Richardson, who ultimately became one of only two consultant general surgeons at Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, had an interesting and varied career before studying medicine. Although he was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1915, his early childhood was spent in Fiji, where his father, Pud, gre

Feroz Shah was a consultant general surgeon in Pakistan. He was born in Peshawar in 1927 and studied medicine at King Edward’s Medical College, Lahore. He went to England to specialise in surgery, working as a house surgeon in Croydon and a registrar at the Lambeth Hospital while he studied for the

Born at Manchester. His brother was Thomas Bellot, Naval Surgeon and philologist (qv), and their father, Thomas Bellot, was a practising surgeon in Oldham Street, and a native of Derbyshire, who in 1818 gave evidence before a House of Lords Committee on Sir Robert Peel’s Factory Bill. Their mother w

Son of Robert Benfield, surgeon; was educated privately and at Hackney Grammar School when Archdeacon Edward Churton was Headmaster. He was then articled to Frederick Carpenter Skey (qv) and entered St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School, where he distinguished himself, attracting the favourable n

Born April 9th, 1837, at Charlotte Quay, Cork, was the fifth son of Robert Bennett, Recorder of Cork; his mother was Jane Hallaran, daughter of William Saunders Hallaran, MD, of Cork, who wrote on insanity in 1810 and 1818; his grandfather, James Bennett, was a physician in Cork. A kinsman, James Ri

Harley Kilgour Baxter was a surgeon in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Melbourne on 6 August 1946, the son of Rex Ransley Baxter, a businessman, and Kathleen Anne née Hyland. His grandfather was J M Baxter, an ENT surgeon. He was educated at Trinity Grammar School, Kew, Victoria, and Melbourn

Son of Charles Bernard Baker, CE, of 5 The Crescent, Bedford, and afterwards of St Albans. Born Nov 17th, 1864, at Uttoxeter, Staffs. Educated at Haileybury, where he was admitted in 1878 under Mr Bradby, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge, as a Pensioner on June 16th, 1883, with Mr Image as his

A native of Essex. Educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital; acted as House Surgeon at the Essex and Colchester Hospital, and afterwards practised at 113 High Street, Bordesley, Birmingham, becoming a Director of the Birmingham Medical Benevolent Society. He retired to Leamington in 1870, and was an ac

Born on Oct 20th, 1839, the son of B Russell Baker, a solicitor of Andover. Educated at the Andover Grammar School, and then apprenticed to George Speke Payne, a local surgeon. In 1858 he entered St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and qualifying in 1861 he was appointed Midwifery Assistant. In 1867 he was

Educated at Middlesex Hospital, where he was Resident Medical Officer. Practised at Royston, Hertfordshire for more than forty years, during which time he was well known as Coroner for Hertfordshire and as a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire. For many years he was Medical Sup