Joseph MacFarlane was born in Lanark County, Ontario, on 23 April 1893, and as his family moved to Saskatchewan when he was 14 years old he completed his schooling in that province and finally matriculated with distinction in the University of Saskatchewan, and studied in the Faculty of Arts. At the

Francis Dominic Murphy was born in Cork on 1 October 1902, and studied medicine at University College, Cork where he took a BSc and graduated MB BCh BAO in 1926. From Cork he went first to the Bristol Royal Infirmary and then to London for further surgical training, obtaining the FRCS in 1935. At th

Reginald Martin Vick was born on 20 July 1884 at West Hartlepool, and was educated at Leys School and Jesus College, Cambridge, and came to St Bartholomew's Hospital for his clinical studies. He qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1908, and after house appointment at Bart's became a demonstrator

James Hartley was born on 2 July 1889 and received his medical education in Edinburgh and Guy's Hospital. He graduated with first class honours in 1913 and as a student gained a number of distinctions including the Ettles and Buchanan Scholarships and the Annadale Gold Medal in Clinical Surgery. He

Dipak Bhatia was head of India's national family planning programme in the 1960s. He was born in Punjab on 27 November 1909 and educated in Lahore, leaving high school at the age of 14. After receiving an MB BS degree from Lahore Medical College, he went to England and stayed in London for a few yea

Educated at Guy's Hospital, where he was House Physician. He was then appointed Resident Medical Officer to the Leeds General Infirmary, and in 1893 entered the service of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. In 1897 he was appointed Medical Superintendent of the North-Eastern Fever Hospital, and in 1905

The son of Edmund Joseph Furner (qv), of Brighton, and Arabella, eldest daughter of John Lawrence, senr (qv). He was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where his career was one of distinction; he was Senior Scholar (1871), Foster and Treasurer's Prizeman (1869-1870), House Surgeon, House Physici

Son of John Hill, a member of the London Stock Exchange; born at Loughton, Essex, and educated at University College School. He matriculated at Cambridge in 1874 as a scholar of Downing College, and graduated BA in 1877, after obtaining a first class in the Natural Science Tripos. He then entered St

Stanley Ritson began his medical training at King's College, London, where he took his BSc with honours in physiology in 1909 and was senior demonstrator in anatomy. His clinical years were spent at St Thomas's Hospital, from which he took the Conjoint qualification in 1911. He was academically gift

Born in Melbourne on March 2nd, 1873, the son of D H Madden, of Sydney, New South Wales; educated at the Scotch College, Melbourne, and Melbourne University, where he graduated MB ChB with honours in 1893 and MD in 1904. He served as Senior House Surgeon and Medical Superintendent at the Melbourne H

Born on 28 May 1880, son of W G Bradfield of Moseley. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and St Mary's Hospital, London, where he obtained an open scholarship in science in 1898. He joined the IMS on 31 August 1903 and first saw service on the North-West Frontier in 1908, being awar

Donald Robertson Webster was professor of surgery at McGill University and surgeon-in-chief of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada. He was born on 7 January 1912, the son of a doctor from Pictou, Nova Scotia, and graduated from Dalhousie University in 1925. After postgraduate studies at