Born in London on 5 November 1864, second son of the Rev Stanley Leathes DD, he was educated at Winchester, New College and Guy's Hospital. Very soon after obtaining his FRCS he forsook a surgical career and devoted himself to the study of physiology and biochemistry. Between 1895 and 1897 he wor

Born in Liverpool on 13 October 1899 the only child of Ralph Edward Dodds and his wife Jane Pack, Charles Dodds was educated at Harrow County School and the Middlesex Hospital, where he won prizes in chemistry, pharmacology and physiology. He qualified in 1921 at the University of London, and procee