Son of William a’Beckett, attorney, by his wife Sarah Abbot, a strenuous supporter of municipal reform. He came of a Wiltshire family which claimed direct descent from the father of St Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. His elder brothers were Sir William a’Beckett (1806-1869), Chief Justice

Studied at St Thomas’s and Guy’s Hospitals, and after qualifying practised in Cambridge. He opened a discussion in 1860, at the Cambridge Branch of the British Medical Association, upon the treatment of acute inflammatory diseases. Antiphlogistic measures were considered undesirable; some would use

Eldest son of Robert Burrows, silversmith, of Ipswich, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of James Cordy, of London, was born at Ipswich on August 5th, 1813. He was educated at the Ipswich Grammar School and apprenticed to William Jeffreson, surgeon, of Framlingham. He completed his medical education a

For a time he practised at 1 Montagu Street, Portman Square, London, where he was Surgeon in Ordinary to the Ottoman Embassy Resident in London. Practised later at 7 Boyne Terrace, Notting Hill, London, where he died on Feb 25th, 1891.

Practised in Manchester, first at Piccadilly, then at 1 Dolphin Place, Ardwick. He was Surgeon to the Manchester Royal Infirmary and Consulting Surgeon to the Ardwick and Ancoats Dispensary. As a lecturer and teacher of surgery he was deservedly popular among students. He exhibited great skill and j

Educated at Manchester and University College Hospitals; practised at 14 Finsbury Place, London, where he was a member of the Court of Common Council. Later he moved to 12A Charterhouse Square, and was Medical Officer to Merchant Taylors' School, to the Great Western Bristol and Exeter Railways' Pro

Practised at Gwennap, near Redruth, Cornwall. He was a Member of the British Medical Association, and JP for the County. He died in retirement on April 17th, 1891.

Practised at 51 Grosvenor Square, Stalybridge, Cheshire, where he died on July 1st, 1869.

Educated at University College and at Westminster Hospital. He was Hon Surgeon of the Royal Masonic Girls’ School, and a Fellow of the Medical Society of London. He practised at 7 Argyll Place, Regent Street, W, and died there on July 23rd, 1873.

*He was born in 1813 in Mirfield, Yorkshire the son of John Ikin and Mary Ikin née Ingham. After study at Leeds, Edinburgh, London, and Paris was in general practice in Leeds and York - at Cookridge Street and 19 Park Place, Leeds; at 24 St Paul's Square, York; at 29, Reginald Terrace, Leeds. He

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital and at King's College Hospital. He practised at Heath Green House, Birmingham, and died there on November 30th, 1864.

Belonged to an old county family in Herefordshire. He was the youngest of eleven children, and was educated at Hereford Cathedral School, after which he was apprenticed to John Griffiths, surgeon, of Hereford. He received his professional training at University College, London, the Middlesex Hospita