Born at Edinburgh on Nov 1st, 1842, the son of Peter S Banks, Writer to the Signet. He received his early education at Edinburgh Academy and passed from there to the University of Edinburgh. Graduated MD with honours, and won the Gold Medal for his thesis on the Wolffian bodies in 1864. Acted for a

Born at Crickhowell, Brecon, the eldest of ten children; his father emigrated to Canada after practising for many years in Breconshire. The family of Bird had belonged to Herefordshire from Norman times, and the Gwynnes were an old Welsh family belonging to Cwnhordy. G G Bird was apprenticed to his

Born in St Kitts and educated at Totteridge Park Grammar School. He matriculated at the University of London, and received his professional training at St Mary’s Hospital, where he was appointed Demonstrator of Anatomy and then House Surgeon. He gained the Sibson Clinical Prize in his student days (

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Aldersgate Street School. At the time of his death he was a magistrate for the county of Lancashire, and Hon Surgeon to the Wigan Dispensary. He practised in partnership with Charles D Shepherd, at Standish Gate, Wigan, and died on October 21st, 1870. P

Educated at the combined hospitals of Guy's and St Thomas's, where he applied himself to surgery with such zest as to become a favourite dresser of Sir Astley Cooper. Yet he was not related to his famous namesake, under whom he acquired a sound practical knowledge of surgery. He was intimately conne

Went out to Australia and practised for thirty-three years in Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, being at one time a member of the Victorian Central Board of Health. He died at 172 Victoria Street, Richmond, on June 30th, 1895.

The son of Dr J W Clarke, of Huddersfield, praised by Sir William Broadbent as "the best general practitioner he had ever met". He graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he had been a Foundation Scholar, and was 33rd Wrangler. He received his medical education at the University, and compl

The eldest son of William Clement, a practitioner long established in Shrewsbury. He was educated at Shrewsbury School under Dr Butler, at the Middlesex Hospital under Sir Charles Bell, and at the University of Edinburgh. He settled in practice in his birthplace, Shrewsbury, where he acquired a larg

Practised in Canterbury, his birthplace. His practice was extensive, but he retired at the early age of 50 (1867), after being Surgeon, Vaccinator, and Officer of Health to the Canterbury Corporation, and Medical Officer and Vaccinator to three Districts of Bridge Union. He resided at 3 Bridge Stree

Born at Kibworth in October, 1834, the son of John Marriott, MRCS, who practised at Kibworth for fifty-five years, while his grandfather practised there for over fifty years. He went to Uppingham School and was then a pupil of Henry Terry (qv), Surgeon to Northampton Hospital. After three years' app

Studied at University College Hospital and practised at Hereford, where he was Surgeon to the Hereford General Infirmary and Surgeon Major to the Herefordshire Militia. His address in later life was Rokeby, Hampton Park, Hereford, and he was Deputy Lieutenant and JP for Herefordshire. His death occu

Born in Antigua in 1837, studied at Dublin, then acted as Ship's Surgeon on board a Cunard mail steamer. He settled in practice at Boston, Lincolnshire, where he was one of the founders of the Boston Hospital in 1871, begun by accommodating patients in two cottages in Irby Street. He was a Medical O