Born 2 May 1868 at Bradford, Yorks, the eldest son of Henry James Cooke, a wool merchant of Summerfield, Ilkley. He was educated at Giggleswick School and matriculated from New College, Oxford, graduating with second-class honours in chemistry in the final school of natural science. He then acted fo

Born 3 November 1871 at 8 Bonner's Lane, Bethnal Green, the second child of Edwin Josiah Toye, chemist, and Jane Buggel, his wife. He entered St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1890, where he had a brilliant career. He won the junior and the senior scholarships, and was ophthalmic house surgeon under Henr