Born on 22 July 1875 the only child of Ernest Wirgman and Mary Williams his wife, he was educated at Harrow and University College Hospital, where he served as ophthalmic house surgeon. He was clinical assistant at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields, and practised throughout his career

Born at Oldham, 20 September 1878, the fourth child and second son of Edward Richards Noall, waste merchant, and Jane Stevens Paynter, his wife. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and afterwards entered Owens College, where he acted as prosector in anatomy. Coming to London he took courses

Born on 8 April 1875 in India, son of Surgeon-Major E P Burrows of the Bombay Army, Harold Burrows was educated at Marlborough and St Bartholomew's Hospital. His father had studied medicine there and two of his own sons followed him. At St Bartholomew's he was chiefly influenced by C B Lockwood and