Hugh Lett came of an Anglo-Irish family but was born on 17 April 1876 at Waddingham, Kirton, Lincolnshire, where his father Richard Alfred Lett (M.B. Dublin 1869) was in general practice; his grandfather had also been a doctor. He was educated at Marlborough College and kept a close connection with

Born at Swansea on 11 May 1871 the third child and only son of Thomas Durslyn Griffiths, MD (1837-1914), a former president of the British Medical Association, and Frances Annette Secretan Gabb, his wife. His mother was the third daughter of the Rev J F Secretan Gabb, of Balcarres, Charlton Kings, G

Born in 1879, he qualified in 1901 and took the Fellowship in 1903, but could not be admitted till after his twenty-fifth birthday early in 1904. He practised for a time in London, and later for many years gave his address in the official *Medical Register* as 141 Great Charles Street, Birmingham, a

Born on 19 December 1875, the youngest son of William Atkins of Norwich, he received his medical education at Guy's Hospital. After holding appointments as house physician and assistant house surgeon, he went to the South African war on the staff of the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital and, on his return

Born about 1880 he was educated at Charing Cross Hospital, where he won the Huxley and Pereira scholarships, and was demonstrator of anatomy in the medical school and clinical assistant in the ophthalmic department. He emigrated to New Zealand and practised at Queen Street, Waimate, South Canterb

Born at Dalry, Ayrshire on 25 March 1872, the fifth son and ninth youngest child of Andrew Blair Aitken and his wife Jane Young. He was educated at the Ayrshire Academy, Ayr, and at Glasgow University where he graduated in 1893. After holding resident appointments at Oldham Infirmary and the Wirral

Born in 1876 the eldest son of W H Coke MD of Ashford, Kent, he was educated at George's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon, house physician, and resident obstetric assistant. He practised at 137 Harley Street, and was a member of the Harveian Society. He died after a long illness in the Cou

Born on 10 January 1870, he was educated at the London Hospital and qualified in 1901 when he was 31. He won a surgical scholarship (1901) and served as house surgeon to Sir Frederick Treves and Jonathan Hutchinson junior at the London, and then was resident medical officer at the West Ham Hospital,

Born in London in 1876, the eldest son of Abraham Stusser, merchant, and his wife, *née* Sladowsky. He was educated at the South African College, Capetown, but returned to England for his medical training at the London Hospital. After holding resident posts there he studied under August Bier in Berl

Born at Highbury, London on 29 July 1877, the third child and second son of Thomas Emley Young, actuary, and his wife Harriet Maria, daughter of John Rayner, MRCS 1859, MD Lambeth 1861, of Highbury. T E Young served the office of president of the Institute of Actuaries. He was educated at Univers

Educated at Guy's Hospital, he held resident posts there and at Great Ormond Street. During the first world war he served at a casualty clearing station in France. He was assistant surgeon at Croydon General Hospital and afterwards practised at 27 Beaumont Street, Oxford. Robinson retired to Sheepst

Robert Ainslie Ross was born in 1876 and came over from South Africa to study medicine in Edinburgh, where he was awarded a Dunlop Scholarship and was the first South African to win the Ettles Scholarship. He captained the University Rugby team and graduated in 1900, proceeding to take the Conjoint