Born 4 August 1863 at Kohat, India, eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel H S James, RA; late Bengal Artillery, and his wife, a daughter of Dr Batson (Major, East India Army), who distinguished himself before Delhi during the mutiny. C H James's paternal grandfather had been commander-in-chief of Bombay

Born at the Vicarage, Berden, Essex on 8 December 1862, the sixth child and fourth son of the Rev F Gifford Nash and Sarah Eliza Hacket, his wife. He was educated at Gloucester Cathedral School and entered the Middlesex Hospital in 1882, winning the entrance scholarship, the exhibition in anatomy an

Born at Wye, Kent on 22 August 1861, the second child and eldest son of William Frederick Brook, MRCS 1856, and Jane Darvill, his wife. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Berkhamsted and at St Thomas's Hospital. He served as house surgeon at St Thomas's, at the Hospital for Sick Children in G

Born at Lincoln 26 February 1864, the only child of Thomas Brook, brewer, and his wife *née* Breffit. He was educated at Lincoln Grammar School, at the Lincoln County Hospital, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. Following the old custom he was apprenticed to his uncle, Charles Brook, FRCS, who had a

Born in London 14 December 1863 son of Thomas Allen Green, whose family were makers of Crown Staffordshire ware. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, the Newcastle Medical School, and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He held resident posts at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-on-Tyne, an

Born 26 October 1863 at Stogursey, Somerset, the second surviving son of Alfred Howse, MRCS (see the memoir of C B Howse, above). He was educated at Fulland's School, Taunton, and afterwards entered the London Hospital, where he served as house surgeon to E Hurry Fenwick. He went to New South Wales

Born on 1 August 1863 in Alderney, Channel Islands, second son of William Vickery, engineer, and his wife, *née* Tucker. He was educated at Plymouth and at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, where he was senior Broderip scholar in 1887, the year of his qualification. He became an ardent admirer