Lester Reynold Dragstedt was born in Anaconda, Montana, of Swedish parents on 2 October 1893 and after his early schooling in that town he entered his medical training at the University of Chicago where he qualified in 1916. His main interest was in physiology, a subject in which he was appointed As

Bertram Leslie Ardill was born on 5 November 1937 in Ballywalter, County Down. His father was a bank official. He was educated at the Methodist College, Belfast, and the Queen's University, where he had a distinguished academic career, obtaining the BSc with honours in physiology in 1959 and proceed

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 1870 at Kildorrery, Co Cork, son of Thomas Barry, he was educated at Queen's College, Cork, a constituent of the old Royal University of Ireland. In 1900 he went into general practice in Cheshire and continued his researches in physiology at the University of Liverpool. He then went to Germa

Born on 9 July 1869 at Ballycogley Castle, Co Wexford, the second son of Richard Cherry Sikes, of Cork, and Susannah Lecky Jacob, his wife; he was educated privately. He received his medical training at St Thomas's Hospital, where he won an entrance scholarship and the Tite and Peacock scholarships.

Born in Dublin, and traced his descent from the McCarthys, Kings of Kenmare. From a private day school he entered Trinity College in 1854 as a rough inconspicuous young Irishman. In 1855 he became Classical Master at the Royal School of Dungannon, where he had the future Lord Justice Collins among h

Robert Victor Coxon was born 14 November 1914 and educated at St Dunstan's College, Catford. He entered Guy's Hospital as a War Memorial Scholar in arts, qualified in 1938, and after house appointments at Guy's took both the FRCS and the MRCP in 1940. After two years as a medical registrar he joined

Spurrell was born in Carmarthen on 24 June 1897, educated at Llandovery College and entered Guy's Hospital Medical School in 1914 at the age of 17. As soon as he was old enough he enlisted in 1915 in the Royal Field Artillery, was commissioned and went on active service till the first world war ende

The son of Kellow Pye, a well-known physician; was sent to Magdalen College School, Oxford, where he was a chorister in Magdalen College Chapel. His Magdalen College period imbued him with a love of art and literature which characterized him throughout life. After school he wandered and learnt abroa

Born at Wandsworth, London, on 7 February 1859, the second son and second child of John Charles Buckmaster, JP and Emily Ann Goodliffe, his wife. His father, who was in the Science and Art department at South Kensington, was one of the pioneers as a departmental lecturer. The family achieved a disti

Arthur Koch was born in Colombo on 20 November 1903 into a family distinguished for public service in Ceylon. He was educated at the Royal College, Colombo, and in 1922 entered the Ceylon Medical College where he had an outstanding undergraduate career, winning 5 medals in the course of study for th

Sir James Black was a leading physiologist and pharmacologist whose development of drugs to block beta receptors in the heart and histamine receptors in the gastro-intestinal tract led to a revolution in the treatment of patients with heart disease and ulcers. He was awarded a Nobel prize for his wo