Born on 15 September 1869 at Mears Ashby, Leicestershire, son of the vicar of the parish and his wife Laura Cox. He was educated at University College Hospital, and won the Erichsen prize in practical surgery. He served as clinical assistant in the throat, nose, and ear department, and senior clinic

Born at Bath on 3 August 1869, the only son of Cyril J Wood, journalist, and his wife, *née* Candy. Educated at Bath and at the University of Bristol, his main interests were devoted at first to pathology but, influenced by F Richardson Cross, he soon turned to ophthalmology. He was appointed surgeo