Born 20 December 1862, the only child of Dr John Comley Olive, whose name is not in the *Medical Register*, and his wife, *née* Binley. He was educated at Caversham, Reading, and at St John's College, Cambridge, of which he was an exhibitioner. He took second class honours in the Natural Sciences Tr

Born on 14 June 1870, he studied medicine at Guy's Hospital, where he qualified in 1895. He continued his studies in London obtaining the MB with honours in medicine in 1902 and the FRCS in 1903. Shortly after this Mumford settled in practice at Bath where he spent his working life. He was appointed