Born in London, 8 January 1866, the fourth child and third son of Constantine A Ionides, of the Stock Exchange, and Agatha Fenerly, his wife. He thus belonged to the family of Greek merchants whose art bequests are preserved at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He was educated at Winchester, and at Un

Born on 12 September 1888 the third son of William Medlock, produce merchant, and Emma Fulford his wife, he was educated at University College School and Guy's Hospital. He distinguished himself at all field sports: played cricket for the Public Schools against the MCC at Lord's, won the long jump i

Born in Paris on 16 June 1860 of a family which came from Mulhouse in Alsace, he was an interne at the Hôtel-Dieu in 1881-82 under Terrier, Lailler, Lannelongue, Guyon, and Duplay, and worked at the École pratique under Faraboeuf. He was demonstrator of anatomy 1884 and prosector 1886, and he receiv

Born on 7 March 1895 the son of Major W St M Hefferman, Burma Medical Service, he was educated at Epsom College, where he was a prefect and won the Modern History prize. He served as a combatant in the first world war, with the rank of Captain in the 7th battalion, the Border Regiment, and was sever

Born on 4 February 1899, son of Walter Gifford Nash FRCS (1862-1935) senior surgeon of Bedford County Hospital 1897-1933, he was educated at Bedford School and the Middlesex Hospital. On leaving school he joined the Army and was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery in 1917. After the war he qua

Nicholas Attygalle was born on 14 July 1894 at Ratnapura, Ceylon, where his father Don Louis Attygalle was a government official. The Attygalles were from Madapatha, Ceylon, where they own extensive lands. Nicholas Attygalle was educated at Ratnapura, at the Royal College, Colombo, and entered the C

Richard Horace Paramore was born in 1876, and started his medical studies at St Bartholomew's Hospital with an entrance scholarship in science in 1895. The following year he won a junior scholarship in anatomy, distinctions indicating an intelligence which, when combined with the tendency to be argu

Harry Silvester Waters was born in Mussoorie, India, on 21 May 1904, the son of Sir Harry George Waters, chief medical officer to the East India Railway Company. His mother, Winifred, was one of the first female graduates of the Edinburgh Medical School, and was for a time after her marriage an assi

Earl Leslie Robert first trained in dentistry at the Royal Dental Hospital and then moved to the Middlesex and London Hospitals when he decided to take up surgery. He was deputy medical superintendent of St Mary's Hospital, Highgate, house surgeon to the Royal Northern Hospital and obstetric and gyn

Kenneth Holl Macmillan was born on February 3 1891 in Lee, S.E. London, the eldest son of John W McMillan, a banker, and his wife, Florence. His younger brother became a chest physician. Always an individualist he, alone of his family, decided to change the spelling of his name from that on his dipl

Cecilie Grieg received her medical education at the West London Hospital Medical School and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1944, gaining her Fellowship in 1955. In her early career she specialized in obstetrics and gynaecology and held junior appointments at St Mary Abbots Hospital, Epsom Co

Born on 4 January 1889 at Selborne, Dudley, Worcestershire, the fourth child and third son of Arthur George Hooper, solicitor, and his wife Fanny, daughter of the Rev Joseph Shillito, of Lozells Chapel, Birmingham. He was educated at Mill Hill School 1903-07, and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; wher