Born 9 August 1866 at Shenfield, Essex, the son of Matthew Warton Johnson, merchant, and Jessie Bridges, his wife. He was educated at Tonbridge School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as house physician. Johnson spent his working life as a medical missionary in the service of the Churc

Born on 3 March 1866, the son of the Rev John Box and his wife Sarah Bray. He was educated at Dulwich College, and started work in business in the City. Finding this uncongenial he entered St Thomas's Hospital medical school, where his student career was brilliant. He took honours in physiology in 1

Born 4 December 1867, fourth of seven sons of George Lawson, FRCS, and Mary, his wife, daughter of William Thomson, MD, surgeon in the Indian Medical Service (Crawford's *Roll of the IMS*, Bengal list, No 965). George Lawson had been invalided home from the Crimea, and later became surgeon to the Mi