Born at his father's Vicarage of Thorncombe in Dorsetshire in April, 1798. He was educated at the United Borough Hospitals and was appointed in 1823 Assistant Surgeon in the service of the HEIC on the Bengal establishment. He was detailed for ophthalmic work, especially to take charge of the Indo-Eu

Born in Dumfriesshire and was educated at Edinburgh, where he first practised. He came to London in the middle years of the century, and practised in Bernard Street, Russell Square, and then in George Street, Hanover Square. His final address, for a long period, was 7 Lower Seymour Street, Portman S

Born in London on 18 May 1867, the fourth child and second son of Zachariah Pickard and his wife née Ransom; his father was head of a family firm of cabinet makers. He was educated at the Cowper Street School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, took first-class honours in forensic medicine and honours in

Born in London, 28 May 1878, third child and second son of Paul Balme, surveyor, and his wife née Kirkness, he was educated at Cooper's Grammar School and King's College, London, where he was Worsley scholar 1898, and won the Warneford, Leathes, and Todd prizes in medicine and the Berry Prize in div

Basil Arthur Ward was born on 26 October 1916, and was educated at Cranleigh School and St Thomas's Hospital where he qualified in 1942 with the degrees of London University, obtaining honours and distinction in surgery. He was appointed house surgeon prior to being commissioned as a Lieutenant in t

Born at Edmonton on October 14th, 1810. He was the eldest son of Carsten Holthouse, and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to Le Gay Brewerton, at Bawtry, Yorkshire. He was released from his articles before the customary period had elapsed, and studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was Dresser to (

Educated at the London Hospital, where he was appointed Assistant Surgeon and Ophthalmologist in 1869, Surgeon in 1876, and Consulting Surgeon in 1902. He practised for many years at 4 Finsbury Square, one of the fine old Georgian houses now replaced by blocks of offices. He was perhaps the last of

Robert Wellesley-Cole was born in Kossoh, Freetown, Sierra Leone on 11 March 1907, the eldest son of Wilfred Sidney Ageh, a civil engineer and superintendent of Freetown waterworks, and Elizabeth, née Okafor-Smart, a West African of Krio race. His Nigerian great-grandfather had settled in Freetown t

Joseph Taylor was a former medical missionary in Tanzania. He was born in Czechoslovakia in 1928. In 1938 his parents brought him and his twin brother to England as the Nazis marched into Czechoslovakia. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's. After qualifying, he made ophthalmology his career,