The son of R S Ryott, of Newbury. After going to the Newbury Grammar School, he studied at the London Hospital, where he was clinical gold medallist in surgery; medallist in jurisprudence and toxicology; prizeman in midwifery, chemistry, and materia medica. He practised at 16 Northbrook Street, Newb

Born at Peterborough on August 18th, 1835, the son of Dr Thomas Walker, a native of Dumfriesshire who traced descent from John Knox, the Reformer. Thomas Walker practised in Peterborough, where both he and his wife lived to be over ninety years of age. Thomas James Walker went to the King's Schoo

Born at Kibworth in October, 1834, the son of John Marriott, MRCS, who practised at Kibworth for fifty-five years, while his grandfather practised there for over fifty years. He went to Uppingham School and was then a pupil of Henry Terry (qv), Surgeon to Northampton Hospital. After three years' app