Born on 22 November 1903, son of Professor William Nixon, Professor of Mathematics at Malta University, he was educated at Epsom College and St Mary's Hospital where he was Epsom Scholar in 1922. Qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1927, he was appointed house surgeon at St Mary's and, later, in

Arthur Joseph Wrigley (Joe) was born at Clitheroe, Lancashire, on 5 May 1902, the son of Canon Joseph Wrigley and after attending the Royal Grammar School, Clitheroe, and later Rossall School, he entered St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1924. He gained a distinction in pathology in