Born in Beaumont Street and entered as a student at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he gained the favourable notice of John Abernethy, and subsequently of Amussat, under whom he studied anatomy in Paris. He was for a time Surgeon to the Islington Dispensary. In 1841 he settled in Toronto and was ap

Educated at the combined hospitals of Guy's and St Thomas's, where he applied himself to surgery with such zest as to become a favourite dresser of Sir Astley Cooper. Yet he was not related to his famous namesake, under whom he acquired a sound practical knowledge of surgery. He was intimately conne

Son of the well-known mineralogist Henry James Brooke; was born June 30th, 1804. He was educated at Chiswick under Dr Turner and at Rugby, where he entered in 1819. He matriculated from St John’s College, Cambridge, and graduated BA in 1827 as 23rd Wrangler. He completed his medical education at St

Born on June 4th, 1801, and was appointed Hospital Assistant to the Forces on April 21st, 1825. He was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 43rd Foot on January 12th, 1826, and to the 18th Foot on February 25th, 1831. He joined the Grenadier Guards as Assistant Surgeon on January 20th, 1832, being gaze

A surgeon in the Royal Navy; died at Wickham Villa, New Cross, London, SE, on October 4th, 1860.

Served as a Naval Surgeon, retiring with the rank of Fleet Surgeon. He resided for many years at Plymstock, Devon, where he died on October 4th, 1894. He was then the oldest Naval Medical Officer and the Senior Pensioner of Greenwich Hospital.

Born at Camberwell on January 29th, 1790, the son of Richard and Mary Bury. Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon. He was appointed Surgeon to the Coventry and Warwick Hospital at Coventry, where he practised from 1813 till he retired in 1855, being then Senior Surgeon.

Born at Prestonpans on March 20th, 1808, the son of James Fergusson. He was educated at Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, at the High School, and at the University of Edinburgh. He was placed by his own desire in a lawyer's office at the age of 15, but finding the work uncongenial he changed law for medicin

Born at Manchester on March 16th, 1806, the son of Thomas Bellot, a surgeon practising in Oldham Street, and Jane Hale, daughter of Thomas Hale, of Darnhall, Cheshire. Thomas Bellot was educated at the Manchester Grammar School, which he entered in 1816, and was afterwards apprenticed to Joseph Jor

Joined the Army as Staff Assistant Surgeon on April 29th, 1813. He was gazetted Surgeon to the 42nd Foot on November 5th, 1829, and joined the staff on June 19th, 1835. On June 1st, 1838, he was promoted Assistant Inspector of Hospitals, and on January 26th, 1841, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospita

Entered King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1810; apprenticed to his uncle in Elgin in 1812, then became a clinical pupil at the Aberdeen Infirmary. He entered Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals in 1815 and studied anatomy and surgery under Joshua Brookes at the Blenheim Street School, and midwifery under Mer

Born at Gosport; educated in London and Paris. He practised at 16 Pall Mall, SW, migrated to America in 1847, and was immediately appointed Professor of Special, General, and Surgical Anatomy in the University at St Louis. Two years later he took part in the gold rush to California and settled at Sa