Born on 12 January 1873 at 37 Panton Street, London, SW, eldest son of Albert Thurston, braces manufacturer, and Jane Owen, his wife. He was educated at a private school at Margate, and took his medical training at St Thomas's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon and surgical registrar. He was

Born 15 October 1871 at Swansea, second son of Archibald Black Gullan and Ellen Freeman, his wife. He was educated at Birkenhead School and at University College, Liverpool, where he won the Holt scholarship. After taking the Conjoint qualification in 1894 and the London MB BS in 1896, he proceeded