Frederick Boyes Korkis was born in England at Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, on 21 December, 1913, but on the death of his father was taken at an early age to live in New Zealand, and hence became known to many of his friends and associates as a New Zealander. He received his early education at King'

Born about 1863, he was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon, and in Paris. After serving as junior house surgeon at the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire General Hospital and senior resident medical officer at the Great Northern Hospital, London, and teaching anatom

Born at Brisbane, Australia on 6 September 1888, the third child and Second son of John Graham Brown, general manager of the Queensland Government Railways, and Amelia Morris, his wife. The family had come go Australia from Ulster. He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School, where he distinguished h

Born in London 15 August 1862, the second child and eldest son of Harry Kelson, shipbuilder, and Emily Cumming his wife. He was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk. He then proceeded to the London Hospital, where he was Lethaby scholar and filled the offices of house physician, clinical surg

Born on 23 March 1873, the second son of Charles Percy West of Ambleside, a cotton broker, and Catherine Camidge, his wife. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, and at Balliol College, Oxford, which he entered with a classical scholarship in 1891. He took a first class in classical m

Born at Barton-upon-Irwell, 19 June 1867, the son of George Hibbert Westmacott, wholesale chemist, and Rosena Berry, his wife. He was educated at the Grammar School, at the University, and at the Royal Infirmary, Manchester. As soon as he had qualified he went to Burma in the capacity of surgeon to

Born in Australia on 6 December 1879, son of the Hon H C Muecke of Adelaide, he was educated at Prince Alfred College and University, where he won the Davies Thomas scholarship, 1900, and graduated with first-class honours in medicine, 1902. Coming to England in 1903, he studied at the London Hospit

Born on 23 October 1857, the eldest child of John Moss Lawrence, a company director, and Emily Asher, his wife. He was educated at University College School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, and afterwards at Vienna. He served as senior house surgeon 1884-85 at St Bartholomew's, and later as chief aura

Born in San Francisco on 1 February 1880, the eldest child of J Lewis Franklin, a business man, and his wife *née* Last; his father died while he was still a boy. He was educated at Lowell High School and the University of California. Coming to Europe he worked at Heidelberg University and at King's

Born 8 August 1868, the eldest child of Peter O'Malley, farmer, of Kilmilkin, Maam, Co Galway, and his wife Mary O'Malley, born in the same clan as her husband. Three other sons of Peter O'Malley also achieved distinction in medicine. He was educated at Galway Grammar School, at Queen's College (now

Born on 11 March 1877 he trained at the London Hospital, qualified in 1902, and studied in Vienna. After serving as assistant surgeon to the Metropolitan Ear Nose and Throat Hospital, he was appointed the first ear nose and throat surgeon of the General Infirmary and lecturer in his specialty in the

Born 3 September 1896 only child of Matthew Henry Hall, a professor of music, and Sarah Parry his wife, she was educated at Aigburth Vale High School, Liverpool, and the University of Liverpool, where she was Holt Fellow in physiology for 1919-1920. She took postgraduate courses at St Mary's Hospita