John Warrington Haward (pronounced Hayward) was born on November 18th, 1841, the youngest of ten surviving children of James Haward, of Great Baddow, Essex, and grand-nephew of Francis Haward (1759-1797), engraver (*Dict Nat Biog*). He entered St George's Hospital in October, 1860, gained the Willia

Born on March 7th, 1839, was the second son and third child of Edward Brunning and Maria Marsh. His father came of an old-established East Anglian farmer stock, his mother had been the widow of a farmer in the immediate neighbourhood. The children were born at The Heath, Homersfield, an ancient Suff

Robert Jones was born at Rhyl on 28 June 1858, the son of Robert Jones and Mary Hughes, his wife. He was educated at a small private school, at Sydenham College, and at the Liverpool School of Medicine. Even before he qualified he acted as assistant to his maternal uncle, Owen Thomas, the inventor o

Born at Grimsby on September 13th, 1848, the son of Robert Keetley by his wife, née Waterland. Both father and mother came of seafaring stock; his father, by trade a shipbuilder, had been Mayor of Grimsby, but had fallen on bad times. The son, therefore, was educated by his grandparents and by an un

Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was Kirkes Scholar and Gold Medallist. 1889; and graduated with honours in medicine, midwifery, and forensic medicine. He also acted as House Surgeon, studied at Munich, and afterwards became House Surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital; he then prac

Son of the Rev J H Hill, Rector of Cranoe, Leicestershire ; educated at Guy's Hospital and then became House Surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital. He continued in the service of the hospital, and after seven years was elected Surgeon. He was one of the most energetic and hard-working hospital surgeons

Born at Heidelberg in 1883 son of Altor Jurasz (1847-1923), Professor of Laryngology successively at Heidelberg, Lwow and Poznan, and Caroline, daughter of Thomas Gaspey, lecturer in English, his education was at Heidelberg, where he qualified in 1907, and in London, Konigsberg and Leipzig. From

Born in 1875, from 1904 to 1908 he was assistant to Professor C F A Koch at the University Surgical Clinic, Utrecht, after which he was lecturer in operative surgery until 1913. Refusing an invitation to become Professor of Anatomy, he went to Rotterdam as surgeon at Coolsingel Hospital. Here he had

Born on 6 June 1890 at Cardiff, the son of Charles William Marshall and Mary Jennings, he was educated at Cardiff High School and studied medicine at Charing Cross Hospital where he gained a University Scholarship in 1909. He graduated in 1912 with honours in medicine, pathology and forensic medi

James Charles Frederick Lloyd Williamson was born in Horley on 9 July 1904. His father was a doctor, and he was educated at Rugby, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1928, and graduating BChir in 1929 and MB in 1931. After junior appoin

Born on January 3rd, 1837, the second son of William Catt, of West House, Portland Place, Brighton, who was well known in business circles in Brighton, his mother being Elizabeth, the fourth daughter of William Verrall, of Southover, Lewes; both came of old Sussex families. William Catt, by royal li

Born on 18 July 1899, the eldest son of James Diggle, builder, and his wife, *née* Fitton. He was educated at Rochdale Secondary School, and after serving as a combatant in the first great war he went into business. Feeling a vocation for medicine he entered Liverpool University Medical School, and