The son of a surgeon in good practice in Bath. After a short stay in London he returned to Bath and began professional life as his father’s assistant in the year 1801. On the death of an elder brother, a surgeon, he began to practise on his own account. In 1817 he succeeded his father as surgeon to

Son of Andrew Adams, a wholesale draper at Plymouth, and of Eliza Oake his wife. Born at Plymouth on July 4th, 1842, and after education at a private school was apprenticed to W Joseph Square (qv), Surgeon to the South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital. Entered St Bartholomew’s Hospital, after being

Received his professional education at University College Hospital, where he was elected a House Surgeon. Was Surgeon to the Western Ophthalmic Hospital, to the North Pancras Dispensary, and occupied the position of Surgeon to the North-west District of St Pancras. He was a Fellow and Honorary Secre

Born at Dorchester on Aug 12th, 1787. He was educated at Lymington, Hants, was then placed under a well-known surgeon at Salisbury, and in 1807 entered St Thomas’s Hospital, where, under the tuition of Sir Astley Cooper and Cline, he soon acquired a superior knowledge of anatomy and surgery. Sir Ast

Born at Edinburgh on Nov 1st, 1842, the son of Peter S Banks, Writer to the Signet. He received his early education at Edinburgh Academy and passed from there to the University of Edinburgh. Graduated MD with honours, and won the Gold Medal for his thesis on the Wolffian bodies in 1864. Acted for a

Born at East Rudham, Norfolk, where his father was in practice; educated at Lynn Grammar School and Epsom College. His younger brother was Sir Alan Reeve Manby (qv). He studied at Guy's Hospital and then settled in practice at Wolverhampton, where he was Surgeon to the Wolverhampton and Staffordshir

Born at Burnley, in Lancashire, where his father was a surgeon. He completed his medical education in Dublin and settled in his native place in 1836, where he practised for the rest of his life. At the time of his death he was a Vice-President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Branch of the British Med

Born at Stockport, and was apprenticed to Messrs Killer and Flint, of that place, and then proceeded to the Richmond School of Medicine, Dublin. He returned to practise for half a century in his native town. He was Surgeon to the Stockport Infirmary from 1836-1858, and was elected Consulting Surgeon

Born of a well-known Norfolk family of farmers. Served an apprenticeship at Kingston-on-Thames with Mr Taylor, father of Professor Sadler Taylor, Trinity College, Cambridge, who contributed an “Appreciation” to his Obituary Notes. He then entered University College Hospital, and after qualifying MRC

Born 23 August 1843 the son of Richard Smart Jackson, surgeon, and Anne Tapson Channon, his wife. He was educated at Portland Grammar School, Plymouth, and at University College, London, where he gained the Fellowes gold medal in 1864. He served as house surgeon to the Bolton Infirmary and was senio

Educated at University College and Middlesex Hospitals. At the time of his death he was Surgeon of the Bridgwater Union House Hospital and a Justice of the Peace. He practised at Bridgwater, Somerset, and died there on September 16th, 1867. Publication: "Use and Action of Hydrochloric Acid in Chole

Born at Ballymoney in 1818, and began to practise at Belfast in 1840. In 1864 he was appointed Medical Officer to the Belfast Constabulary, JP for Belfast and for Co Antrim, Surgeon to the Mater Infirmorum Hospital and to the General Dispensary. He also acted as President of the Ulster Medical Socie