Born on 4 January 1889 at Selborne, Dudley, Worcestershire, the fourth child and third son of Arthur George Hooper, solicitor, and his wife Fanny, daughter of the Rev Joseph Shillito, of Lozells Chapel, Birmingham. He was educated at Mill Hill School 1903-07, and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; wher

Born in London, 8 January 1866, the fourth child and third son of Constantine A Ionides, of the Stock Exchange, and Agatha Fenerly, his wife. He thus belonged to the family of Greek merchants whose art bequests are preserved at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He was educated at Winchester, and at Un

Born on 4 February 1899, son of Walter Gifford Nash FRCS (1862-1935) senior surgeon of Bedford County Hospital 1897-1933, he was educated at Bedford School and the Middlesex Hospital. On leaving school he joined the Army and was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery in 1917. After the war he qua

Born on 7 March 1895 the son of Major W St M Hefferman, Burma Medical Service, he was educated at Epsom College, where he was a prefect and won the Modern History prize. He served as a combatant in the first world war, with the rank of Captain in the 7th battalion, the Border Regiment, and was sever

Born on 17 February 1888, son of Paymaster Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Cooke Alton CB, CMG, RN, he was educated at Bedford School. After qualifying from St Thomas's Hospital in 1910, he entered the Royal Navy as a surgeon. Four years later he graduated MB BS at London University. During the first world

Kenneth Holl Macmillan was born on February 3 1891 in Lee, S.E. London, the eldest son of John W McMillan, a banker, and his wife, Florence. His younger brother became a chest physician. Always an individualist he, alone of his family, decided to change the spelling of his name from that on his dipl

Harry Silvester Waters was born in Mussoorie, India, on 21 May 1904, the son of Sir Harry George Waters, chief medical officer to the East India Railway Company. His mother, Winifred, was one of the first female graduates of the Edinburgh Medical School, and was for a time after her marriage an assi

Born at Brixton, 15 April 1848, the only son of Samuel Osborn, FRCS, and his wife, *née* Mayhew. He was educated at Epsom College and at Wren's, well known as a "crammer" for the army examinations. He then entered St Thomas's Hospital, where he was house surgeon, house physician, resident accoucheur

Born in Paris on 16 June 1860 of a family which came from Mulhouse in Alsace, he was an interne at the Hôtel-Dieu in 1881-82 under Terrier, Lailler, Lannelongue, Guyon, and Duplay, and worked at the École pratique under Faraboeuf. He was demonstrator of anatomy 1884 and prosector 1886, and he receiv

William Burnett was born in London on 14 March 1906 and received his medical education at University College Hospital. As a student he won exhibitions in pathology and biology. After qualification in 1929 he took resident appointments at Portsmouth Hospital, and then settled in general practice at R

Muriel Landau was born on 21 January 1895 and educated at Dame Alice Owens School, Islington where she gained an entrance scholarship to the London School of Medicine for Women. She qualified in 1918 and after house appointments at the Royal Free and at Queen Charlotte's Hospitals was appointed regi

Born at Melksham, Wiltshire, the third son of the Rev James Taylor, of Lewes, Sussex. He was educated at Kingswood School and at Charing Cross Hospital, where he was Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy, Resident Surgical Officer, and Resident Medical Officer. In 1877 he settled in Birmingham as Medica