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