Kenneth Rees-Thomas was the son of Arthur, an accountant in Roseneath, New Zealand, and his wife Edith Amy, née Heal. He was educated at Roseneath Primary School and then at Wellington College. On leaving school he trained and qualified as a pharmacist, but then on the advice of a family medical fri

Sir Frank Hartley was a pharmacist who distinguished himself in research, industry, education and in academic administration. His major contributions to medicine and to medical education were recognised by the College by his election to the honorary Fellowship in 1980, shortly after he had demitted

Born in a log cabin at Almond, Portage County, 125 miles from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, on 21 August 1853, the son of the Rev S C Wellcome and Mary Curtis, his wife; his father was a missionary working amongst the Indian tribes. The son attended the schools on the frontier, including one which was