Apprenticed at an early age to Sir William Blizard, became a Member of the College in 1803, a Member of the Council in May, 1827, in succession to Sir Everard Home, and in 1831 succeeded Richard Clement Headington as examiner. He was President twice, in 1835 and 1843, and during his office of presid

Born on Nov 29th, 1779, the younger son of John Seager, of Shirehampton, Gloucestershire. He was educated at Warminster Grammar School, but it is not known where he received his professional training. He practised for many years at Cheltenham before, and probably after, 1810; he appears also to have

Practised in Northampton, where for twenty-nine years he was Surgeon to the General Infirmary until failing health, a few weeks before his death, compelled his resignation and he was succeeded by James Marsh (q.v.). He was also Surgeon to the Royal Victoria Dispensary, in which he was followed by hi

Educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital; practised at Dudley, Worcestershire, where he died on April 16th, 1870. He was a favourite pupil of Abernethy, and Badley’s notebooks of Abernethy’s lectures were presented by his grand-daughter, Miss Laura E Badley, to Queen’s College, Birmingham. It does not

Born on November 1st, 1797, in Greengate, Salford, Manchester, and was the descendant of an old Northumbrian family. One of his ancestors was at Christ’s College, Cambridge, with John Milton, whose constant friend he remained. John Boutflower’s father was John Boutflower, surgeon, of Salford, and hi

The son of Henry Swan, Surgeon to the County Hospital at Lincoln, where his ancestors had been doctors for several generations. He was apprenticed to his father, and was sent to the United Borough Hospitals in 1810. He became a pupil of Henry Cline the younger, and gained the warm friendship of Astl

The son of Isaac and Alicia Callaway. His parents died young and he was educated by his grandfather, who was Steward to Guy's Hospital and lived within its precincts. He was apprenticed in 1809 to Sir Astley Cooper, and in 1815 he went to Brussels directly after the Battle of Waterloo. He was electe

Born on Oct 28th, 1794, in the Manse of Ecclesmachan, Linlithgowshire, the eldest child of Henry Liston (1771-1836) by his wife Margaret, daughter of David Ireland, Town Clerk of Culross. Henry Liston was the inventor of the ‘Euharmonic’ organ designed to give the diatonic scales in perfect order, a

Practised at Bedford in the firm of Harris & Son. He was co-proprietor with Henry Harris, LRCP Edin, Resident Physician, of the Springfield House Lunatic Asylum. He was also Surgeon to the Bedford General Infirmary, and Visiting Surgeon of Lunatic Asylums in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Huntingd

The son of Jeremiah Vaux, whom he succeeded as Surgeon to the General Hospital, Birmingham, an office held by Dr Jeremiah Vaux from the foundation of the institution. Bowyer Vaux held office from 1808-1843. He died at Teignmouth, South Devon, where he had resided for seventeen years, on Saturday, Ma

Practised as a Surgeon in Gloucester, where at one time he was Surgeon to the General Infirmary. He gave an address at Ealing in 1863. His death occurred at 11 Spa Walk, Gloucester, on November 29th, 1875.

He joined the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on Oct 1st, 1804, was promoted Surgeon on Nov 29th, 1816, saw service at the siege and storm of Bharatpur, 1825-1826, was promoted Superintending Surgeon on Jan 21st, 1831, and retired on Sept 1st, 1835. He lived later in Montagu Square, London, and die