Born at Newport, Fife on 26 October 1869, eldest of the four sons and a daughter of John Prain of Dundee and Sara Elizabeth Leay, his wife. His father was afterwards agent of the Pacific Steam Navigation Co at Panama and at Valparaiso, Chile. Prain was educated at Cheltenham College, 1882-88, and at

Born 1872, the youngest child of Alfred Howse, MRCS 1849, and Lucy Elizabeth, daughter of J H C Beresford Conroy, of Rosevale, Raheny, Co Dublin. He was thus a brother of Sir Neville Reginald Howse, VC, FRCS. His father practised at Stogursey, Somerset, and previously in Victoria Docks Road, London,

Born at Liverpool, 31 October 1866, second child and eldest son of William Stone, solicitor, and Catherine Fleetwood Nelson, his wife. He was educated at Eton and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took second-class honours in moderations and literae humaniores (classical "Greats"). He received hi

Born 16 June 1871, the eldest child of Samuel Cookson, MRCS MD St Andrews 1862, of Stafford, and his wife Jane Grace, daughter of Henry Day, FRCP 1879, MRCS 1842, and widow of Mr Gibson. He was educated at Epsom College and at the Middlesex Hospital, where he was Freer Lucas scholar and subsequently

Frank Colby was born at The Mount, New Malton, Yorks, on 27 January 1865, the second son of Dr W Taylor Colby, JP and the younger brother of J G E Colby, FRCS. He was educated at St Peter's School, York, and matriculated from King's College, Cambridge, after winning an open scholarship in science. H

Born 1 February 1870, the eldest child of Joseph Dixon Adams, MD St Andrews 1862, MRCS 1858, who practised at Martock, Somerset, and his wife Arabella Beadon. He was educated at King's College, Taunton and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, which he served as house surgeon. After a term as clinical as

Born in London 28 December 1870, the fourth child and only son of Henry Duffett, solicitor, and Emma Davis, his wife. He was educated at Sherborne School when the Rev E Mallet Young was headmaster. He entered Wildman's house in Newlands, which subsequently became a convent, in summer term 1885 and l

Born at Sandford House, Highbury, New Park, London on 30 November 1870, the tenth child and sixth son of John Henry Hewer, MRCS, LSA 1852, and Annie Langton his wife, sister of John Langton, FRCS. There were eleven children of the marriage, and the seven brothers entered the medical profession. Ceci

Born on 15 August 1871 at 136 Burdett Road, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex, the second child and second son of Ebenezer Ince, a merchant's clerk, and Sarah Hastings Farrow, his wife. He was educated at Northgate School, Winchester, and took his medical training at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School

Born 17 January 1871, son of G H Clarkson of Caterham, he was educated at St Paul's School where he was a foundation scholar, and at St George's Hospital, where he served as senior house surgeon. He then went as a ship's surgeon with the P and O Company. He practised throughout his career at Caterha

Born on 22 November 1872 he was trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualified in 1894 and, after serving his Hospital as external midwifery assistant, was gazetted Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service (Bengal) 1896. He saw active service on the North-West Frontier in 1897-98, and was a

Born at Beccles, Suffolk, he was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as house physician. He practised from 1897 to 1940 at Plymouth. Fox married Constance Marion Fox at the Friends Meeting House, Plymouth on 2 June 1898. They celebrated their golden wedding in 1948, but Mrs Fox di