Born at Starcross, South Devon, the second son of the Rev Richard Ambler, of Hardwick, in the parish of Norbury, Shropshire, which had been in the Ambler family for upwards of four centuries. Educated at Middlesex Hospital, and was for some years an assistant in a practice at Stalbridge, Dorset. He

Only son of Charles Rochemont Aikin [1] (1775-1847) - "Little Charles" of *Early Lessons*, written by his aunt, Mrs Barbauld - by Anne, daughter of the Rev Gilbert Wakefield, a well-known scholar. Charles Arthur Aikin was the grandson of John Aikin (1747-1822), the Unitarian doctor and friend of Jos

Studied at St Thomas's Hospital, and practised, first at Bridport, Dorset, then moved before 1863 to London, to 40 York Place, Portman Square, and was Surgeon to the Western Annuity Society. His name was lost to the *Directory* after 1875.

Studied at the Middlesex Hospital, where he was afterwards appointed Lecturer on Anatomy. During the Crimean War he was one of the Civil Surgeons attached to the Army Hospitals at Scutari. He practised at 40 Nottingham Place, London, W, and was a Member of the Court of Examiners of the Apothecaries'

Born near Taunton, his father, a farmer on a large scale, being descended from an old Somerset family. He entered University College, London, as a medical student in 1840 and carried off many prizes. He was a favourite pupil of Liston, and acted as House Surgeon. After studying in Paris he settled i