Frank Colby was born at The Mount, New Malton, Yorks, on 27 January 1865, the second son of Dr W Taylor Colby, JP and the younger brother of J G E Colby, FRCS. He was educated at St Peter's School, York, and matriculated from King's College, Cambridge, after winning an open scholarship in science. H

Born 16 June 1871, the eldest child of Samuel Cookson, MRCS MD St Andrews 1862, of Stafford, and his wife Jane Grace, daughter of Henry Day, FRCP 1879, MRCS 1842, and widow of Mr Gibson. He was educated at Epsom College and at the Middlesex Hospital, where he was Freer Lucas scholar and subsequently

Stanley Copley trained at Guy's Hospital, where he was a house surgeon and resident obstetrician, after qualifying in 1894. During 1898 he was house surgeon at the Stamford and Rutland General Infirmary; took the Fellowship and the Cambridge Public Health Diploma in 1899. He then emigrated to South

Born 1 February 1870, the eldest child of Joseph Dixon Adams, MD St Andrews 1862, MRCS 1858, who practised at Martock, Somerset, and his wife Arabella Beadon. He was educated at King's College, Taunton and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, which he served as house surgeon. After a term as clinical as

Born 2 January 1872 at 162 York Road, Lambeth, London, SE, the third son of George Miskin, MRCS 1863, and his wife Elizabeth Mannering. His grandfather Nicholas Miskin, MRCS 1835, practised at the same address. He was educated at King's College, Strand, and St Thomas's Hospital, qualifying in 1894.

Born in London in 1869 the sixth of the nine sons of Edward Abraham Jones, surgeon dentist of Maida Vale (died 1895), and his wife Rosa whose maiden surname was Jones also, he was educated at University College School 1879-86, and at Charing Cross Hospital, qualifying as a dentist in 1891 and as a s

Born at Beccles, Suffolk, he was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as house physician. He practised from 1897 to 1940 at Plymouth. Fox married Constance Marion Fox at the Friends Meeting House, Plymouth on 2 June 1898. They celebrated their golden wedding in 1948, but Mrs Fox di

Born at Carlton, Melbourne in 1870, son of John Gordon a building contractor, he was educated at King's College, East Melbourne and the University of Melbourne, and was resident medical officer at Melbourne Hospital. He was in England in 1894-95, but went back to Melbourne and was elected surgeon to

He practised at Strawberryhill, Kingston, Jamaica, but retired to Oakbay Beach, Victoria, British Columbia, where he died in February 1956.

Born in London on 8 August 1870, the son of C H Drake, Courtenay Drake was educated at Marlborough College, where he was captain of the Gym VIII, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He qualified in 1894, won honours in obstetrics at the London MB examination 1896, and took the Fellowship in 1897. Afte

Born at Sandford House, Highbury, New Park, London on 30 November 1870, the tenth child and sixth son of John Henry Hewer, MRCS, LSA 1852, and Annie Langton his wife, sister of John Langton, FRCS. There were eleven children of the marriage, and the seven brothers entered the medical profession. Ceci

Born at Newport, Fife on 26 October 1869, eldest of the four sons and a daughter of John Prain of Dundee and Sara Elizabeth Leay, his wife. His father was afterwards agent of the Pacific Steam Navigation Co at Panama and at Valparaiso, Chile. Prain was educated at Cheltenham College, 1882-88, and at