He was born on 11 December 1879, the third son of Walter F Adeney, congregational minister at Acton, and Mary J Hampton his wife. W F Adeney was subsequently Chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales; he was a distinguished theologian and Bible critic. Cuthbert Adeney was educated

Born 15 September 1879 at Blackheath, the third son of William Henry Moore, wool-broker, and Lucy Sugden his wife. He was educated at Avondale School, Clifton, and at Malvern College, and took his medical training at the Bristol Medical School and the London Hospital. He was appointed in 1908 senior

Sir Eardley Lancelot Holland had been senior obstetrician and gynaecologist to the London Hospital for 20 years. In 1943 he was elected the fifth President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. His academic achievements were many and deservedly he was regarded as one of the most