Born at Gornal on August 22nd, 1813, and was educated at St Thomas's and the Webb Street Schools of Medicine, where his career was one of distinction. Subsequently he settled at Dudley, where he practised as a surgeon for over thirty years. He was a founder of the Dudley Dispensary, and was one of i

Educated at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals. He practised at The Manor House, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, and died there on April 30th, 1880. The photograph of a John Thompson in the Fellows' Album may be a portrait of him, or of John Thompson of Bideford (qv).