Born in Bradford in 1877, the eldest son of David, medical officer to the Bradford Royal Infirmary, he was educated at Bradford Grammar School and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took second-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos part I in 1899. He went onto St Mary's Hospital as a u

Born on 7 January 1879 the son of William John Harnett FRCP Ed, LRCSI, of Barnet, Hertfordshire, he was educated at the City of London School and was a scholar of St John's College, Cambridge, where he took first-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos, part I, 1899. He entered St Thomas's Hosp

Born in 1876 in Oldham, Lancashire, David Wylie was educated at Manchester Grammar School and University, winning the surgical clinical prize in 1897 and qualifying in 1898 with first class honours. After two years in resident posts at the Royal Infirmary he served as a civil surgeon in the Boer war