Born at Mymensing, Bengal about 1872, the youngest son of John Gay French, FRCS, Indian Medical Service. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and obtained an open entrance scholarship at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London. He was house surgeon at St Mary's and also held resident pos

Sidney Arthur Boyd was born at Bedford on 20 July 1880, son of Albert Thomas and Marianne Boyd. He was educated at Bedford School and received his medical training at the London Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, qualifying in 1902. In 1904 he obtained his MB BS degree with honours in medicine, su