Born at York on 14 February 1869 the son of Henry Steward, he was educated at Leeds Medical School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He was house surgeon at the Leeds General Infirmary in 1895 and resident ophthalmic officer 1896-98. He practised as an ophthalmologist and laryngologist at Harro

Born 31 March 1869 at South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia, the fifth child and third son of George Horace Hayes, a mill owner, and Anna Hall his wife. He was educated at the Church of England Grammar School and at the University of Melbourne, and then came back to England and took his medical training

Studied at St Thomas's Hospital, and was then appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Navy. He sailed on HMS *Talbot* on one of the last expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin. On his return he resigned his Commission, passed the examination for the FRCS and in 1858 sailed to Melbourne, where h

Born at Adelaide, 10 October 1878, the son of George Shorney, who was associated with the milling firm of John Dunn and Co; his father had settled in Adelaide in 1851. He was educated at Prince Alfred College, the non-conformist and principally Wesleyan secondary school. He entered the University of

Born 27 July 1882 at Anowtown, Central Otago, New Zealand, he was educated at Otago Boys High School and Otago University where he qualified in 1906. He then came to England for two years, and after taking the Fellowship returned to practice at Gore, Southland. He soon moved to Dunedin, where in 191

Francis MacLaughlin was born in Belfast on 27 May 1899 the only child of Alexander, a banker, and Elizabeth (née Brown). He was educated at Campbell College and Queen's University, Belfast, qualifying with honours in June 1921. He embarked on a career of otorhinolaryngology, but also ophthalmology,

Alan Dick was born on 30 July 1884, the son of Dr James Dick, and was educated at St Bees School and Edinburgh Medical School, from whence he qualified with honours in 1906. After qualification he spent three years in resident appointments in Edinburgh. In 1909 he passed into the Indian Medical Serv

Born on 20 March 1872 at Ballymoney, Co Antrim, son of James Craig, he was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution and Queen's College, Belfast where he obtained first-class honours in the final medical examinations in 1895. For the next three years he held resident appointments at the Royal So

Was a Yorkshireman, and was apprenticed to the father of C G Wheelhouse (qv). He received his professional training at Guy's Hospital, and in Paris under Dupuytren and Velpeau, where he became a member of the Medical Society formed of English students studying in Paris. He was appointed about the ye

Born at Wakefield on 12 April 1863, the third child and second son of Thomas Walker, MRCS 1848, and Elizabeth Jackson Seeker, his wife. His elder brother, John William Walker, MRCS 1882, was elected FRCS in 1941 and lived till 1953. The Walkers had practised medicine at Wakefield for two hundred yea

Leonard Smith Talbot was born in 1880 the fourth son of J. Talbot of Rangitira Valley, one of a well-known farming family in South Canterbury, New Zealand. He was educated at the Timaru Boys' High School and Temuka District High School, and graduated MB ChB from Otago Medical School, Dunedin in 1902