Born at Wye, Kent on 22 August 1861, the second child and eldest son of William Frederick Brook, MRCS 1856, and Jane Darvill, his wife. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Berkhamsted and at St Thomas's Hospital. He served as house surgeon at St Thomas's, at the Hospital for Sick Children in G

Born at Melton Mowbray on 2 July 1861, son of William Gilford an estate developer, and his wife, *née* Lott. He was educated privately and at Guy's Hospital. After serving as clinical assistant at the Evelina Hospital for Sick Children, he settled at Reading in 1887, becoming surgeon and eventually

Born 14 September 1862, the fourth child and third son of D Brown, of Harrow Park, and his wife Anna Maria Charlotte Wright. He was educated at Harrow and at University College Hospital, where he was Filliter exhibitioner and Atchison scholar. He was a contemporary and life-long friend of John Rose