Born 16 April 1868 at Merstham, Surrey, second child and second son of Edwin Peters and Damaris Kingsnorth, his wife. He was educated at Charterhouse and at Caius College, Cambridge, where he took first-class honours in Part 1 of the Natural Sciences Tripos, 1889, and second-class honours in Part 2,

Born on 7 February 1870 son of Thomas Lyle MA, TCD an official in the Board of Education, and his wife née Webb, he was educated at King's College School, London, and proceeded to King's College and its Hospital, which was then still in Clare Market near the College. He won many scholarships and pri