Ernest Gerald Stanley was born in Brixton on 24 December 1886 and was educated at Marlborough and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1910, and in 1912 he took the FRCS and the MS. After resident appointments at Bart's he became a demonstrator of anatomy, and honorar

Duncan Stout was not deterred by having a famous father, Sir Robert, who became Chief Justice of New Zealand, Chancellor of the University and Prime Minister. In his own time he too achieved eminence in New Zealand, becoming Chairman of Council of Victoria University, Wellington and subsequently Cha