Will Davey wrote the first textbook on surgery in tropical countries. He was born on 28 February 1912 in Dunmurry, near Belfast, in Northern Ireland. His father, Robert, was a minister of religion. His mother was Charlotte née Higginson. One of a family of five, he studied medicine at Queens Univers

First practised at Burnham, Essex, where he was Medical Officer of the Burnham District of the Maldon Union and Admiralty Surgeon of the Burnham District. He retired before 1890, and came to live at 53 St Quintin's Avenue, North Kensington, where he died on August 21st, 1909.

Born at Norwich on December 28th, 1838, the son of William Cooper, Recorder of Ipswich, by his wife Anna Marsh. He entered Merchant Taylors' School, then in Suffolk Lane, in April, 1850, and was afterwards apprenticed to W Peter Nichols, Surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He entered as a s

The fourth of the twelve children and the eldest son of the Rev Samuel Levick Cooper, the elder brother of Sir Astley Cooper and grandson of Dr Cooper, Vicar of Great Yarmouth. Born in Great Yarmouth on September 2nd, 1792, he went to school at Bungay under the Rev Robert Page, and afterwards to the

Born at Brentford, the son of George Cooper (qv). Educated at Guy's Hospital, he entered the Indian Medical Service in November, 1853. He was promoted to Brigade Surgeon in November, 1879, and retired at the end of 1881 with the honorary rank of Deputy Surgeon General. In 1855 he was sent to Labuan,

Educated at the combined hospitals of Guy's and St Thomas's, where he applied himself to surgery with such zest as to become a favourite dresser of Sir Astley Cooper. Yet he was not related to his famous namesake, under whom he acquired a sound practical knowledge of surgery. He was intimately conne

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, at University College, and in Paris. He was a nephew of Samuel Cooper (qv), FRS, Professor of Surgery at University College. He practised at 7 Woburn Place, and at the time of his death was Surgeon to the Bloomsbury Dispensary (Great Russell Street) and to the

The son of Samuel Cooper, a merchant in the whaling trade; through his mother descended from the Priestleys, of which family the famous chemist, Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), was a member. Henry Cooper received his education at private schools, and at the age of 16 became a pupil of Dr Fielding, of

The eldest son of P B Shelley Cooper, of Larnokk, Hale, and was educated at the University of Manchester and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He displayed a strong leaning towards natural history and was for a time Assistant Demonstrator in Zoology and Pathology at Owens College. After some experience as

Educated at University College, London. He practised at Sydenham (Steel and Corbould), and then at Reigate, where he died at his residence, Sonning Lodge, Somers Road, on March 12th, 1884.

Educated at University College, London. He went to Persia, where he was Physician to the Crown Prince, and died at Tabriz on December 30th, 1877.

Educated at University College and St George's Hospital, and practised in Canonbury, where he was vaccinator to St Mary's, Islington, and Medical Referee to the Age Assurance Society. He died at his residence, 21 Compton Road, Canonbury Square, on February 20th, 1876.