Born on 19 August 1876 in Birmingham, son of John McGavin, he was educated at King Edward's High School and the University of Birmingham. He trained at the London Hospital, winning a gold medal and university scholarship. During the South African war he served as a civilian surgeon with the army, im

Born 8 September 1877, second son of James Turner, a banker, and Evelyn Grey, his wife. He was educated at a private school at Newcastle-on-Tyne and at the Newcastle Medical School of the University of Durham, where he was Heath scholar and graduated with first-class honours in 1898. After further w

Born on 17 August 1872 at Hamilton, Bermuda son of the Rev (afterwards Archdeacon) George Tucker and Theodosia Trott his wife, he was educated at Charles Grey's School, Bermuda, at Trinity College School, Port Hope, Canada 1887-91, and at Caius College, Cambridge from October 1891. He rowed in the C

Born at Leicester 30 May 1876, elder child and only son of Samuel John Lilley, carriage builder, and Martha Lewis, his wife. His father was one of the first builders of motor-car bodies. He was educated at Wyggeston School, Leicester, and at Charing Cross Hospital where he won an entrance scholarshi

Herbert George Tymms graduated MB in the University of Melbourne in 1894, and BS in 1895. He then became RMO at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1895-6, and subsequently came to England where he obtained the Conjoint Board Diploma in 1899 and the FRCS in 1901. On returning to Australia he settled in

Born at Oldham, 20 September 1878, the fourth child and second son of Edward Richards Noall, waste merchant, and Jane Stevens Paynter, his wife. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and afterwards entered Owens College, where he acted as prosector in anatomy. Coming to London he took courses

Born 14 December 1876 at Burton-on-Trent, the fourth child and third son of Charles Stanley, a master butcher, and Caroline Clarson, his wife. He was educated at the Burton-on-Trent Grammar School, at Birmingham, and at St George's Hospital, London. He went to South Africa, as soon as he had qualifi

Born 10 August 1864 at Owen Sound, Ontario, the fourth child and third son of John Middlebrough, miller and contractor, and Margaret Burrow, his wife. He was educated at Old Stone School, now Strathcona Public School, Owen Sound, at the Model School, Collingwood, and at the Medical School of Toronto

Educated at Trinity Medical College, Toronto, where he graduated 1886, Nichols served as house surgeon at Guy's Hospital and took the Conjoint qualification in 1899, proceeding to the Fellowship at the end of 1901. He then went back to Canada, where he practised at Winnipeg. He examined in surgery a

Born at Pilgrims Rest in the Transvaal on 14 January 1876, the sixth and youngest child of Thomas McLachlan, a pioneer from Perth, Scotland, and Maria Shires, his wife, who came from Cheshire, England. He received his early education at Maritzburg College and at Brighton Grammar School. He qualified

Born at Kensington on 21 December 1873, the son of a Chancery barrister, he was educated at Clifton and King's College Hospital, where he was captain of the Rugby XV in 1895-96, and also rowed in the Hospital fours and eights. Immediately after qualifying he was commissioned in the 13th Imperial Yeo

Lewis Cook was educated at, and house physician to, the Westminster Hospital before he joined the Indian Medical Service. He rose to the rank of Colonel and was Inspector General of the civil hospitals of Bihar and Orissa. He died in 1965 at the age of 89 years.