Educated at St Paul's School, Stony Stratford, and at Hertford Grammar School. He received his professional training at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he acted as Registrar in the Ophthalmic Department. From 1873-1878 he was Hon Medical Officer and House Surgeon to the Hertford Hospital. He was in

Educated at St George's Hospital. He practised at Kennington, first at Harley-ford Place, and then at 302 Kennington Park Road, SE. Up to the time of his death he was Hon Physician to the Royal Female Philanthropic Society. He was a Fellow of the Medical Society of London, of the Linnean and of the

Studied at the London Hospital, where he was Scholar in medicine, surgery, and obstetric medicine from 1882. In 1885 he became House Physician to Hughlings Jackson and to Stephen Mackenzie; then House Surgeon to John Couper; afterwards Demonstrator of Physiology. His first appointment was that of Me

Somewhat above middle height, clean-shaven with prematurely white hair and of ascetic appearance, Cecil Beadles was unmarried and lived for his garden and the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons. He was so excessively shy that he was rarely seen even by his colleagues unless they went

Born on May 21st, 1848, in London. He was educated at University College and studied at Guy's Hospital. After holding a hospital appointment in Manchester and being threatened with tuberculosis, he acted for two years as Surgeon on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's ships. On his return he

Educated at Guy's Hospital, and practised for many years at 93 Denmark Hill, SE, where he was Surgeon to the Camberwell Provident Dispensary. He was a barrister of the Middle Temple, and towards the close of his life he moved to 27 Warwick Square, SW, and was appointed Physician to the National Hosp

Howell Pritchard Jones was a consultant general surgeon at Birkenhead who retrained as a physician in rehabilitative medicine following a stroke. He was born in Cerrig-y-drudion, north Wales, on 2 September 1918, the son of William Thomas Jones and Jane Jones née Hughes. The family moved to Rhewl, n

Born 12 April 1863, the third son of Arthur Isaac Solly, country gentleman and company director, and Georgina Reade, his wife. He was educated at Rugby School and St Thomas's Hospital, where he won many prizes, including the Solly gold medal for surgery, founded by his family. After qualifying in 18

The fifth son of Robert Collum, MD, of the HEIC, who had been Staff Surgeon to Sir Charles Napier, and who afterwards practised as a physician in London. He retired first to Harmondsworth in Middlesex and then to Surbiton. A T Collum was educated at Epsom College, and entered Charing Cross Hospital

Henry Beric Wright was director of medical services at BUPA. He studied medicine at University College Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1942. Prior to his appointment at BUPA, he was a surgical officer at Shell, an assistant surgical registrar at University College Hospital and a major in the

Sir Donald Acheson was Chief Medical Officer for England from 1983 to 1991, a period that included the rise of HIV infection and the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crisis. He was born in Belfast on 17 September 1926, the son of Malcolm King Acheson, a doctor specialising in public health, an

Born at Nottingham in December, 1816, and received his preliminary education in Doncaster. He was then apprenticed to Mr Carrick, of Kensington, and proceeded, after serving his time, to St George's Hospital, where he became Assistant and afterwards House Surgeon under Brodie and Keate. From St Geor