Born at Weymouth on 4 March 1878, eldest of the three sons of Walter Benjamin Cole, chemist, and his wife Mary Parmiter, of Dorchester. He was educated at Weymouth College, and as a dental student at Guy's Hospital. After qualifying as a dentist in 1899 he decided to become a surgeon. He took the Co

Born 13 November 1882, the eldest child of William Richardson Edmond, MRCS 1875, then practising at Chew Magna, Somerset, and his wife, *née* Square. Dr W R Edmond moved to Camberwell in 1893, and W S Edmond was educated there at Wilson's Grammar School. He took his medical training at St Bartholome

Born in Hampstead in 1878, the third son of Frederick Hoare Colt, a barrister and bencher of the Inner Temple, George Herbert Colt was educated at Tonbridge School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he became a scholar. He obtained a first-class in the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1900, and c

Born in London on 13 April 1880, one of the five sons of Briton Riviere RA, the distinguished painter of animals, and Mary Alice Dobell his wife, he was educated at St Paul's School, St Andrews University, and St Bartholomew's Hospital where he was house surgeon. He was house physician at the Genera

Born in 1882 the son of an artist he was educated at Marlborough College and Guy's Hospital where he won the Treasurer's gold medal in clinical surgery in 1903, qualified in 1904 and served as house surgeon. He was a clinical assistant at the Evelina Hospital for Children. After taking the Fellow

Allan Rigden Finn was born on 23 June 1879. His father William George Finn was a prosperous farmer who resided at Grove House, Faversham, Kent; he and his wife, Ellen Ann Finn had a family of thirteen children, six boys and seven girls, of whom Allan was the youngest boy. He was educated at King's S

Born on 9 January 1882 at the Cape of Good Hope, one of the sons of a naval surgeon who later became Director-General of the Navy Medical Service as Sir Henry Norbury KCB, he was educated at St Paul's and Merchant Taylors' Schools and St Thomas's Medical School which he entered in 1899. He had a dis

Born at Pewsey Vale, South Australia, the pastoral estate settled in 1838 by his grandfather Joseph Gilbert who came from Pewsey, Wiltshire, and thus a third generation Australian in one of the longest established South Australian families, he was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide, and the Un

Born in 1879 he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew's Hospital where he served as house surgeon, ophthalmic house surgeon, and chief assistant in the children's department; he was also house physician at the Metropolitan Hospital. Coventon qualified with the Conjoint Diplo

Robert Morison Rowe was born on 23 February 1875, the son of an English father and a French mother, this latter fact having a permanent effect upon his subsequent career. His preclinical studies were done partly in Edinburgh and partly in Dublin, and for his clinical work he came to St Bartholomew's

Born 17 September 1879 at Romsey, Hants, eldest child of George Maughan Footner, solicitor, and his wife, *née* Rammell. He was educated at Marlborough College, at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and at St Thomas's Hospital where he won a university scholarship. He had a distinguished career in the med

Born in 1877 at Layfields, Rufford, Nottinghamshire, the second son of Henry Hardwick Smith, flour-miller of Langley Mill, and his wife Elizabeth Eaton. He was educated at Wycliffe College and at St John's College, Cambridge. He received his clinical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying