Born in London on July 1st, 1833, the son of the Rev T W Wrench, Rector of St Michael's, Cornhill; studied at St Thomas's Hospital, where he was Assistant Resident Accoucheur. He received a commission as Assistant Surgeon to the 34th Foot dated November 3rd, 1854, went to the Crimea, and for three m

Born in India, the son of John Hinde Pelly, Judge in the Indian Civil Service. He was an elder brother of Sir Lewis Pelly (1825-1892) (*see Dict Nat Biog*). There were in all seven brothers, six of whom entered one or other of the services, and three attained General Officer's rank. Pelly was sent

Born on 22 October 1873 at the Manor House, Poplar, the fifth son and ninth of the ten children of Francis Mead Corner, MRCS, JP, a general practitioner, who had married his cousin Anne Corner. The family derived from Lythe, near Whitby, Yorkshire. He was educated at Epsom College, where he was head

Born on 3 October 1863 at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, son of Edward James Counsell, an inland revenue official, and May Ann George, his wife. His father was a Somerset man and his mother came from Pembroke. He was educated at Guy's Hospital, which he served as resident obstetric officer. He settled in

The son of W B France, DL, of Cadogan Place. He entered Guy's Hospital as a medical student in 1835, and at once distinguished himself. In 1838 he received the Prize in Surgery of the Physical Society, and in 1839 the Silver Medal for Ophthalmic Surgery. After taking the membership he was appointed

Born on 5 August 1888 at Penrhiwfer, South Wales, son of Edwin Hammond, colliery owner, and Jane Jenkins his wife. He was educated at Cheltenham College, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital from 1907, where he won a junior scholarship in anatomy and physiology and the Treasurer's and Foster prizes in a

Was articled at the age of 15 years to David Davies, Surgeon to the Cyfarthfa Iron and Coal Works, Merthyr. At the end of the three years he entered as a student at Grainger's School in the Borough and was educated at the Borough Hospitals. He practised throughout his life at Merthyr Tydfil. The

Born 27 August 1857 at Kilworth, Co Cork, fourth son of William W Pearson, MRCS 1843, MD St Andrews 1845, who later practised at Carrigaline, Co Cork, and his wife Anne Smith, of Castletownroche, Co Cork. He was educated at the Model School and at Perrott's School, Cork, and in 1874 entered Queen's

Born at Gravesend, Kent, on 25 June 1885, the third child and only son of Henry Bazett, MRCS and his wife Eliza Ann Cruickshank. He was educated at Dover College and at Wadham College, Oxford. He took his clinical training at St Thomas's Hospital, where he served as demonstrator of physiology in 191

Born at Stretford, near Manchester, on 2 February 1874, the second child and eldest son of John Henry Burgess, a merchant, and his wife, nee Sharrocks. He was educated at Rose Hill School, Bowden, Cheshire and, after a year in a shipping office, at Owens College, Manchester, where he won the Dalton

Coller was born on 2 October 1887 at Brookings, South Dakota, the son of Granville James Coller MD and Helen Rosalie Underwood. He qualified from Harvard in 1912 and became an intern at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He came to Europe during the 1914-18 war as a member of the Harvard Medical

Born on 4 January 1906 at Salisbury of Scottish parents, he entered St Thomas's Medical School in 1923 from Brighton College, and distinguished himself consistently throughout his student career, being awarded the Beaney Scholarship and Sutton Sams Prize in 1927. He had an exceptional climax in the