Born in Norfolk, the son of Henry Carter Wigg, senr; was taken out to Geelong, Australia, in January, 1853. He returned in 1859 to King's Lynn, was a pupil at Mr Lupton's school, and was so interested in chemistry as to perform the illustrative experiments after his master's lecture, becoming so abs

Charles Ernest Lakin was born in 1878, the son of a general practitioner who became the Mayor of Leicester. He was educated at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School where he was a First Entrance Scholar, and won Broderip and Freeman Scholarships, and qualified in 1901 with the Conjoint Diploma, and

Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick was elected as the first female president of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1989, 471 years after its foundation – one of her many remarkable achievements. At one stage in her career she was the only female professor of medicine in the UK. She is recognised

Dame Sheila Sherlock was a distinguished liver specialist, and the UK's first female Professor of Medicine. She was born in Dublin on 31 March 1918. Her father was Samuel Philip Sherlock and her mother was Violet Mary Catherine née Beckett. Educated at Folkestone County School for Girls, she went to

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

Born 2 December 1857 at Ynyscynhaiarn, Carnarvonshire, the eldest son and second child of the Rev Thomas Jones (born 1826) of Cefnmaesydd, afterwards of Eisteddfa, Criccieth, a small landed proprietor, and Elizabeth, the only daughter of Robert Jones of Eisteddfa; seven of their ten children grew up

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

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