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 on 12 January 1873 at 37 Panton Street, London, SW, eldest son of Albert Thurston, braces manufacturer, and Jane Owen, his wife. He was educated at a private school at Margate, and took his medical training at St Thomas's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon and surgical registrar. He was

Born 12 February 1869 eldest of the three sons of John Crowley, a hotel proprietor, and his wife née Deehan. He was educated at Xavier College and the University, Melbourne, and was a house surgeon at the Melbourne Hospital. Coming to England, he practised for several years at Beckenham, Kent, but i

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

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 15 October 1871 at Swansea, second son of Archibald Black Gullan and Ellen Freeman, his wife. He was educated at Birkenhead School and at University College, Liverpool, where he won the Holt scholarship. After taking the Conjoint qualification in 1894 and the London MB BS in 1896, he proceeded

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 Liverpool, 31 October 1866, second child and eldest son of William Stone, solicitor, and Catherine Fleetwood Nelson, his wife. He was educated at Eton and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took second-class honours in moderations and literae humaniores (classical "Greats"). He received hi

Born 1872, the youngest child of Alfred Howse, MRCS 1849, and Lucy Elizabeth, daughter of J H C Beresford Conroy, of Rosevale, Raheny, Co Dublin. He was thus a brother of Sir Neville Reginald Howse, VC, FRCS. His father practised at Stogursey, Somerset, and previously in Victoria Docks Road, London,

Born in Manchester, 10 May 1870, eighth child and fifth son of William Ray, law stationer, and Sarah Ann Howson, his wife. He was educated at Owens College, where he was Dauntesey medical scholar at entrance 1890, and won the Turner and Agnew scholarships 1894, when he graduated in the Victoria Univ

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