Born in Manchester, March 5th, 1783, the son of Jeremiah Ainsworth, an accomplished scholar and well-known mathematician, who may be regarded as founder of a Lancashire school of mathematicians, and to whom many references will be found in *Notes and Queries*, 1853, viii, 541. The family of Ainswort

Practised in Paris. He died on or before May 7th, 1852.

One of the first surgeons appointed to the Sussex County Hospital at Brighton, his colleagues being Robert Taylor (q.v.) and John Lawrence (q.v.). He was Surgeon to the Royal Family, and received £300 a year for attending the household at the Pavilion. He vaccinated King Edward VII and the Princess

Was born of yeoman stock at Aynho, Oxfordshire, and was educated at the local grammar school under Mr Leonard, known for his scholarship and his addiction to green tea. He was apprenticed to a surgeon at Woodstock, and afterwards became a pupil of John Abernethy at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where h

Born in January, 1787. He joined the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on Sept 15th, 1808, and was promoted Surgeon on Jan 1st, 1820; Superintending Surgeon on Nov 21st, 1830; a Member of the Bombay Medical Board on Jan 3rd, 1835; and President of the Board on the following May 1st. His active servic

Practised at Derby and was Surgeon to the Infirmary. He died in 1870 or 1871. His portrait is in the Fellows’ Album.

The son of the Rev John Wingfield, of Shrewsbury. He was educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he was House Surgeon, before proceeding to India as Resident Assistant Surgeon to the General Hospital, Calcutta. He resigned the office on account of ill health after serving for two years. He then

Apprenticed at an early age to Sir William Blizard, became a Member of the College in 1803, a Member of the Council in May, 1827, in succession to Sir Everard Home, and in 1831 succeeded Richard Clement Headington as examiner. He was President twice, in 1835 and 1843, and during his office of presid

Practised at Salisbury, where he died, in the Close, on Feb 19th, 1862.

Born Dec 18th 1771, and became an army surgeon. He was gazetted Staff Surgeon on Aug 30th, 1799, was placed on half pay in 1802, and restored to full pay on March 17th, 1803, when he exchanged to the cavalry depot at Maidstone. He was promoted Deputy Inspector of Hospitals on Nov 4th, 1813, and was

Came of a West Country family which held property in Cornwall and Devon and used coat-armour from the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He was one of eight children, and in 1810 married Miss Delpratt, a Huguenot, by whom he had two sons. He was educated near Plymouth, was apprenticed to Samuel Luscombe from

Practised at 13 Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol, and was Surgeon to the Bristol Royal Infirmary. He died on June 6th, 1892.