Second son of James Blakeway, MRCVS, of Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Educated at Stourbridge; entered St Bartholomew’s Hospital in 1903, where he won the Harvey Prize for Practical Physiology, the Brackenbury Scholarship in Surgery, the Willett Medal in Operative Surgery, the Walsham Prize for Surgi

Born in South India, 25 October 1879, second child and only son of Cumarasingham Murugesapillai, a deputy collector in Tanjore, and Seethalakahmi Clarke, his wife. He was educated at the Hindu High School, Triplicane, Madras, and at the Presidency College, Madras. He came to England and took the Con

Born 24 May 1881 at Navsari, Baroda state territory, Bombay province, the son of Pestonji and Pirojbai Bacha, of the Parsee community. He was educated at Navsari High School and the Grant Medical College, Bombay, where he won prizes, scholarships, and medals. After qualifying in 1903 at Bombay Unive

Reginald Martin Vick was born on 20 July 1884 at West Hartlepool, and was educated at Leys School and Jesus College, Cambridge, and came to St Bartholomew's Hospital for his clinical studies. He qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1908, and after house appointment at Bart's became a demonstrator

Born 10 March 1881 at Hinckley, Leicestershire, the second child and only son of Edward Simpson, a schoolmaster, and Charlotte McCann, his wife. He was educated at Mill Hill School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he was a scholar, and took first-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos,

Washington Everitt Wilks qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1908, and proceeded to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1911. In 1912 he settled in British Columbia and practised in Victoria and Nanamio. After about 9 years he moved to Vancouver where he worked for 45 years, ret

Born at Twickenham, 4 May 1883, the third son of Frederick Richard Syms, solicitor, and Amelia Charlotte Kendall of Pelyn, Cornwall, his wife. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's School and at King's College, London. After passing the London matriculation, he entered Guy's Hospital Medical School,

Born on 22 January 1886 at Balham, the eldest son of Thomas Henry Webb, bank manager, and Alice Mills, his wife. He entered Merchant Taylors' School, then situated in Charterhouse Square, in 1895 and left in 1902. He received his medical education at Middlesex Hospital where he had a brilliant caree

Born 9 April 1881, son of Hugh McCaw, MB CM Glasgow 1877, in practice at East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand, and Jane Macadam Todd, his wife. He was educated at the Otago Boys' High School and at Otago College, University of New Zealand, before coming to England to study medicine. He entered the London

Born 9 February 1884 at Ashburton, Devon, the only son of James Adams (1850-1937), FRCS, of Eastbourne, and his wife Annie Pewsy. His uncle, John Adams (1851-1938), and a cousin, Josiah Oake Adams (1842-1925), were also Fellows of the College. J W Adams was educated at Tonbridge School and Caius

Born at Shafton, Bluefield, Jamaica, in 1885, the eldest son of Frederick Archibald Sinclair, MB Edinburgh 1882, and his wife. He came to England at the age of sixteen, and made his own way while completing his education. At the London Hospital, which he entered in 1903, he won the Anderson and dres

Born at Westcombe Park, Blackheath on 9 June 1883, the only son of A G Mackenzie, FIA, and Beatrice E Dell, his wife. He was educated at Eastbourne College, at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated after obtaining a third class in the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part I, and at the Middlesex H