Born at Exeter of an old Exeter family; his father had practised in that city for many years. At the age of 15 Woodman was sent out to a relative on a ranch in Australia, and he later recorded his experiences in *Chips by an Old Chum; or, Australia in the Fifties* (1893). On the outbreak of the Crim

Born in Swansea on October 11th, 1844, the eldest son of the Rev Thomas Thomas, a Congregational minister of that town. Two of his maternal great-uncles, John Davies - after whom he was named - and Thomas Davies, who lost his life at Trafalgar, were naval surgeons under Nelson. Thomas was educated

Apprenticed to W J Square (qv) at Plymouth and studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital. On the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, he was one of six surgeons selected and sent by the British Red Cross Society to aid the wounded. In company with W E B Atthill and J C Galton, he first proceeded

The son of R S Ryott, of Newbury. After going to the Newbury Grammar School, he studied at the London Hospital, where he was clinical gold medallist in surgery; medallist in jurisprudence and toxicology; prizeman in midwifery, chemistry, and materia medica. He practised at 16 Northbrook Street, Newb

Born at Dorchester in 1843, and therefore ten years senior to his brother, Sir Frederick Treves, Bart (qv). He was educated at St Thomas's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon. He was then appointed Resident Surgeon at the Royal Sea-Bathing Infirmary, Margate, and thus began a long and honourable co

For a time practised at Randwick, West Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Subsequently he returned to Epsom, Surrey, and at the time of his death was living in Cavendish Road, St John's Wood, London, NW. He died in March, 1881.

Practised for a time at 9 New Bridge Street, EC, where he was Surgeon to the Western City Dispensary. Retiring from this post and also from general practice, he went to live at 4 Vere Street, Cavendish Square, and was appointed Lecturer on Chemistry at the Middlesex Hospital, a position which he hel