Was educated at Ingleby School, at Birmingham Medical School, where he was prosector of anatomy, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. At the University of Durham he gained honours at the intermediate and final MB examinations. He returned to Birmingham on his appointment as house surgeon at the General

Born in London, 5 April 1868, the only surviving child of Frederick James Furnivall, MA, DPhil (1825-1910), scholar and editor (see *DNB*), and his wife Eleanor Nickel, daughter of George Alexander Dalziel. He was educated at University College School and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was h