Born on July 1st, 1792, the second son of Daniel Gosset, of Langhedge Hall, Tanner's End, Edmonton. He was sent to school at Broxbourne, Herts, and was entered on HMS *Curlew*, commanded by Captain Thomas Young, in November, 1806. He served under Young until July, 1807, when he was transferred to th

Born on 4 May 1888, the eldest of the three sons of Edward Alfred Dingley, MD, MRCS, JP, of Wednesbury, Staffordshire, and Emily Habberfield, his wife. The second son John Ralph Dingley, MRCS became medical superintendent of the East Sussex Sanatorium at Robertsbridge. The third son died in infancy.

Born 7 June 1865, the fifth child and second son of Henry Tregellas Noble, chemist, and his wife, *née* Dennis. He was educated at Tavistock and in London, and took his medical training at St Mary's and St Bartholomew's Hospitals, qualifying at the age of thirty-six. He served as clinical assistant

Son of Peter Wood, MD Edin, Consulting Physician to the Manchester Royal Infirmary Fever Wards and to the Royal Lunatic Asylum, a well-known medical practitioner at Southport. John Forrester Wood was educated at Atherstone Grammar School and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He acted as House Surgeon

Studied at King's College Hospital and practised at Ledbury, Herefordshire, where, in succession to his father, Miles Astman Wood, who qualified MRCS in 1880, he was Surgeon to the Dispensary. He died at Ledbury on April 13th, 1922.

Arthur Wilfred Adams was born in Bristol on 30 September 1892 and educated at Clifton College, the Bristol Medical School and the London Hospital. He qualified in 1916 and then served in the RAMC. He took the FRCS in 1919, less than one year after demobilization, and proceeded to the MS in 1921. The

Arthur Lawrence Abel was born on 15 November 1895, the son of the Reverend Arthur E Abel, a congregational minister, and he preached in his father's pulpit at the age of 18 years. He did his medical training at University College Hospital, graduating in 1917. He obtained the Fellowship of the Royal

Practised at Warrington Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, where he was Medical Officer of the Union Hospital and of the District Infirmary, also Certifying Factory Surgeon. He died at Ashton-under-Lyne on May 2nd, 1871.

Joel Wilson Baker was chair of the department of surgery at Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, USA. He was born in Shenandoah, Virginia, in 1905 and studied medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, qualifying MD in 1928. He moved to Seattle in 1930 to join a group

Born 12 September 1874 at Feldafing, Starnberg, Bavaria, eldest child of Edward Theodore Compton, landscape painter, and his wife Auguste Pletz. He was educated at Uppingham and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was for a time prosector in the hospital's medical college and at the Royal College of Su

Born in London 13 December 1858, son of Edward Dod Colville, a registrar of the Court of Chancery, and his wife, née Henderson. He was educated privately in Switzerland, and took his medical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon and assistant chloroformist. Colville

Born 6 September 1864 at 8 Clifford Street, London, W, the fourth child and eldest surviving son of Thomas W Cook, head of the tailoring firm of T W Cook and Sons, and Adelaide Walton, daughter of William Walton of Richmond, Surrey. He was educated at Charterhouse, Godalming (Bodeites and Hodsonites