Born 16 June 1871, the eldest child of Samuel Cookson, MRCS MD St Andrews 1862, of Stafford, and his wife Jane Grace, daughter of Henry Day, FRCP 1879, MRCS 1842, and widow of Mr Gibson. He was educated at Epsom College and at the Middlesex Hospital, where he was Freer Lucas scholar and subsequently

Born on 13 May 1870, son of William Parry, manufacturing chemist, he received his medical education at Guy's Hospital, where while a student he was President of the Physical Society, and where after qualification he was appointed a house physician. Later he acted as physician to the St Pancras and N

Born on 16 March 1869 at Stoneycroft, Green Lane, Liverpool, the fourth child and second son of John Edward Dickinson, owner of the Liver Block Works, Peter's Lane, Liverpool, and Elizabeth Humphreys, his wife. He was educated at the Merchant Taylor's School, Great Crosby, Liverpool and at Liverpool

Born on 16 December 1870, the second child and only son of the Rev William Lee, a Congregational minister and missionary, and his wife née Sargent, he was educated at Bedford School and Bishop's Stortford grammar school, taking his medical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital, which he entered with