Born in London 29 July 1867, the eighth child and sixth son of John Edward Drew and his wife, *née* Wyer. He received his early education at Amersham Hall near Reading, and at University College Hospital, London. Here he gained the Atkinson-Morley scholarship in surgery, and in 1890 was appointed ho

Born in Dublin on 23 October 1865, the fourth child and second son of Commissary Major-General Latham Blacker, a member of the Co Tyrone landed and military family, and Harriette Demaine Bagot-Smith, his wife. He was educated at Cheltenham College and University College, London, where he won an exhi