Born at Wye, Kent on 22 August 1861, the second child and eldest son of William Frederick Brook, MRCS 1856, and Jane Darvill, his wife. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Berkhamsted and at St Thomas's Hospital. He served as house surgeon at St Thomas's, at the Hospital for Sick Children in G

Born at Lincoln 26 February 1864, the only child of Thomas Brook, brewer, and his wife *née* Breffit. He was educated at Lincoln Grammar School, at the Lincoln County Hospital, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. Following the old custom he was apprenticed to his uncle, Charles Brook, FRCS, who had a

Born 14 September 1862, the fourth child and third son of D Brown, of Harrow Park, and his wife Anna Maria Charlotte Wright. He was educated at Harrow and at University College Hospital, where he was Filliter exhibitioner and Atchison scholar. He was a contemporary and life-long friend of John Rose

Born in London on 25 November 1862, the third child and second son of James Hudson Taylor (1832-1900), MRCS, and his wife, *née* Dyer. J H Taylor founded and for long directed the China Inland Mission, with which his son Frederick was later associated for fifty-seven years; his life was written by t

Born on 5 October 1864 son of the Rev George T Ward, of Stanton St Bernard, Wilts, he was educated at Moneton and St George's Hospital, where he won prizes, medals, and exhibitions, and was assistant demonstrator of anatomy in the medical school. In the Hospital he held various resident posts and be

Born 26 October 1863 at Stogursey, Somerset, the second surviving son of Alfred Howse, MRCS (see the memoir of C B Howse, above). He was educated at Fulland's School, Taunton, and afterwards entered the London Hospital, where he served as house surgeon to E Hurry Fenwick. He went to New South Wales

Born on 1 August 1863 in Alderney, Channel Islands, second son of William Vickery, engineer, and his wife, *née* Tucker. He was educated at Plymouth and at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, where he was senior Broderip scholar in 1887, the year of his qualification. He became an ardent admirer