The fourth son of John Webb, of Woodland Hill, Staffordshire, and afterwards of Dublin, by his wife, a daughter of Thomas Heath. He was born in Dublin on October 25th, 1772, and was appointed Assistant Surgeon March 17th, 1794; was promoted Regimental Surgeon on July 15th, 1795; Surgeon to the Force

Educated at the Windmill Street School and at St George's Hospital. He very early showed himself to be an accomplished anatomist and a skilful surgeon, but when he applied (1834) for an appointment as Assistant Surgeon at his old hospital he was rejected after a very severe contest, in favour of Edw

Born at Kilmuir, Isle of Skye, on May 12th, 1796, the twin son of the Rev Donald Martin, and was educated at the Royal Academy, Inverness. He remained a student at St George's Hospital and at the Windmill Street School of Medicine until 1817, when on September 5th, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital and in Edinburgh. He was at first in general practice at Wardwick, Derbyshire, where he was Surgeon to the Derbyshire Infirmary and to the County and Borough Prisons in 1847. He practised in 1851 at 98 Friar Gate, Derby, and was then Senior Surgeon to the Infirm

The son of Charles Lestourgeon and was born at Edmonton, Middlesex. He was educated at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and at the age of 16 was admitted a pensioner at Trinity College, Cambridge, on May 21st, 1824. He was elected a scholar of the College in 1827, and graduated BA as 15th Wrangler in 1828,

Born in Dublin, the son of Richard Gore, of Lumville, King's County, and great-nephew of Major William Gore, of the famous 33rd Regiment. On his father's removing to Chester, Richard Thomas Gore was placed under a clergyman and received a good general education, including a knowledge of French, to w

Born on July 1st, 1792, the second son of Daniel Gosset, of Langhedge Hall, Tanner's End, Edmonton. He was sent to school at Broxbourne, Herts, and was entered on HMS *Curlew*, commanded by Captain Thomas Young, in November, 1806. He served under Young until July, 1807, when he was transferred to th

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital at a time when Sir James Earle, John Abernethy, and John Painter Vincent were its leading surgeons. He was a favourite with Abernethy, who reposed great trust in him, and whose house at 14 Bedford Row he afterwards occupied for over thirty years of a successful

Practised in Edinburgh, and later lived in London, apparently out of practice, at 3 Addison Crescent, Kensington, where he died in 1877 or 1878.

Was born at Shepton Mallet, in Somersetshire, in August, 1800, and received his elementary education under Mr Rogers, of Dursley, and Mr Mules, of Ilminster. He was apprenticed for five years to Richard Smith, Surgeon to the Bristol Royal Infirmary from 1796-1843, for a fee of two hundred guineas. H

Was, it would seem, engaged in the extramural teaching of surgery at Aberdeen in 1838 when he published *A Lecture on the Nature and Cultivation of the Medical Profession*, intended as a guide to students, which was delivered at the school, Flour Mill Lane, Aberdeen, in 1838. He also published *Firs

Born on April 30th, 1801, the son of Jeremiah Pilcher, of Winkfield, Berkshire. He began to practise in Dean Street, Soho, as soon as he had qualified, and was appointed Lecturer on Anatomy, Physiology, and Surgery at the Webb Street School of Medicine in Snow's Fields, then belonging to his brother