Born at Bath on April 20th, 1820, the son of a medical practitioner who died soon after; was of Welsh origin in Glamorganshire, an uncle having been Rector of Lampeter College. Mrs Morgan, one of the Biggs of Wiltshire, for her only child's education, lived first at Clifton and passed the holidays w

Practised at Dyfynog, Brecknockshire, and by 1881 had removed to 15 Clarendon Terrace, Hampstead, London, NW. He died in 1882.

Born at Langford, Malden, Essex, on Nov 11th, 1828, and dying unmarried was the last representative of an ancient Cambridgeshire family. He was a very promising lad, and at the age of 16 entered University College, London, and soon carried off the Senior Greek Prize, “being a mere boy in comparison

Only son of Charles Rochemont Aikin [1] (1775-1847) - "Little Charles" of *Early Lessons*, written by his aunt, Mrs Barbauld - by Anne, daughter of the Rev Gilbert Wakefield, a well-known scholar. Charles Arthur Aikin was the grandson of John Aikin (1747-1822), the Unitarian doctor and friend of Jos

Joined the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on May 15th, 1846, and was one of the twenty-five officers of the Indian Medical Service who served in the Crimean War. He spent his furlough from April 30th, 1855, to June 20th, 1856, with the Turkish contingent. He was awarded the Medjidieh 4th class in

Born in Fermoy, Co. Cork, in July, 1800, the third son of Richard Quain, of Ratheahy, Co. Cork, by his first wife - a Miss Jones. Jones Quain (1796-1865), the anatomist, was his full brother, and Sir John Richard Quain (1816-1876), Judge of the Queen's Bench, was his half-brother. Sir Richard Quain,

The eldest son of the Rev John Halton, MA, St Peter's, Chester; educated at the University of Edinburgh and at Guy's Hospital under Sir Astley Cooper. After Continental travel he settled in Liverpool, and in 1820 was elected Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, an appointment he held until 1856, when he

John Raine, one of New Zealand's most distinguished surgeons, was born on 12 March 1919 in Wellington. His father John was an importer of china and glassware. His mother was Harriet Eva née Cox. John was educated at Scots College, Wellington, where he was *dux* in 1933, winnng the Pattie cup for the

Son [1] of Thomas Alcock, a medical man practising at Ealing. Educated at Westminster Hospital, where he filled the post of House Surgeon, and in 1832 was appointed Surgeon to the British Portuguese forces acting in Portugal. In 1836 he was transferred to the Marine Brigade engaged in the Carlist wa

Was, it would seem, engaged in the extramural teaching of surgery at Aberdeen in 1838 when he published *A Lecture on the Nature and Cultivation of the Medical Profession*, intended as a guide to students, which was delivered at the school, Flour Mill Lane, Aberdeen, in 1838. He also published *Firs

Studied at University College Hospital and practised at Hereford, where he was Surgeon to the Hereford General Infirmary and Surgeon Major to the Herefordshire Militia. His address in later life was Rokeby, Hampton Park, Hereford, and he was Deputy Lieutenant and JP for Herefordshire. His death occu

After practising at Newcastle-upon-Tyne was appointed Surgeon to the Colony of Hong Kong, and arrived there in November, 1847. He died from abscess of the liver on October 13th, 1854. In those few years his service had come to be highly valued by the Local Government. He lived esteemed and died regr