Was Surgeon Inspector of Factories and Printing Works, External Medical Officer of Oldham Union, and a member of the British Medical Association. He died at Middleton, Manchester, in 1865.

Educated at Guy's Hospital, where he was house physician and obstetric resident officer in 1888, and was clinical assistant at the Evelina Hospital for Children. He then went to Birkenhead and acted as medical officer to the soap works at Port Sunlight, afterwards moving to Audenshaw, Manchester. Du

David Clarke developed multiple sclerosis just before passing his surgical fellowship and never practised as a surgeon. He was able, despite his difficulties, to pursue a career in public health, and became project officer for public health and health policy for London, with the Lambeth, Southward a

Sir George Godber was one of the principal architects of the National Health Service. He was born on 4 August 1908, the son of Bessie and Isaac Godber, a nurseryman. From Bedford School he went up to New College, Oxford, where he won a blue for rowing, taking part in two losing boat races. He went o

Born at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, on 29 December 1873, the fourth child and third son of David William Heath, corn merchant, and Elizabeth Godfrey his wife. He was educated at the Grammar School, Bedford, and at University College, Nottingham. He then proceeded to St Bartholomew's Hospital, wh

The son or nephew of Richard Ley, MRCS, of South Molton, he was born at North Molton, Devon. He was educated at the London Hospital, where he was house surgeon, and afterwards served as resident surgeon at the Poplar Hospital. Whilst still a student he acted as a prosector at the Royal College of Su

Born on October 9 1900 at Leicester, the second daughter of William Frederick Linford, a marine engineer, and Sarah Elizabeth Basford, Hilda Linford was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School, Leicester and Manchester University, obtaining the University Prize in medicine in 1921. From 1924 to 1926 sh

Denis Dooley was Her Majesty's Inspector of Anatomy from 1965 to 1980. He was born on 10 December 1913. He was educated at St Ignatius' College, Stamford Hill, London, and then went on to study mathematics and Latin, gaining a BA degree from London University in 1936. He then returned to his old sch

Born in Liverpool in 1877, the son of Edmund Brown Ewart, BA, and was educated at Liverpool Institute and University, where he won high distinctions as a student, being Holt Tutorial Scholar, Junior Lyon Jones Scholar, 1894-1896, and Hon Fellow in Pathology at University College, Liverpool. After ho

C Everett Koop, known as 'America's doctor', was by far the most influential surgeon general in US history. An imposing figure, standing six foot one in his gold-braided dark blue vice admiral's uniform (the rank of the surgeon general), he effectively used his strong personality to advocate for the

Born on July 10th, 1860, the son of the Rev S Dyson, DD. He was educated at St Mary's Hospital, and in 1884 entered the Indian Medical Service, having attained a high place among the candidates at Netley, which entitled him to be nominated for the Bengal Army. He entered the service as a Surgeon

Edwin Robert Wheeler was a medical missionary in China, a professor of surgery at Shantung Christian University, Tsinan and superintendent of the University Hospital. He was born in 1878 in Preston, Sussex, the son of Robert Gidley Wheeler, a minister of the free church, and Rachel Wheeler née Rutty