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

Norman Lewis White, the son of a chemist, was born on 8 September 1898, at Waterford, Ireland. He was educated at Leighton Park School and St John's College, Cambridge, before entering University College Hospital Medical School in 1921 with a Goldsmid Scholarship. On qualifying he was house physicia

Born on 25 October 1902 in Southampton, the third child of John Montgomery Beattie, a merchant trading in the Far East, and Ophelia Jane, née Hunt, 'JB' was educated at The Limes School Croydon, Westminster School, and Trinity College Cambridge. He entered St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1924 where he

James Vincent O'Sullivan was born on 27 November 1899 and educated at University College, Galway, and the London Hospital. He graduated in medicine with first-class honours in 1924 and passed MD with distinction, FRCS, MRCP MAO and FRCOG all within the space of three years. He was attached to more h

Jack Gardiner Wigley was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital, qualifying with the conjoint diploma and the Cambridge MB BChir in 1926, and obtained the Fellowship in 1929. Specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology, he was clinical assistant at the Grosvenor Hospital for

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