Andrew Hallidie Smith, who between 1885 and 1890 took the surname of Hallidie, was born at Richmond, Surrey on 23 June 1862, the third child and second son of Archibald Smith, engineer, and his wife *née* Reece. He was educated at King's College School, London, and at King's College, Cambridge. Hall

Born at Sydney, Australia on 27 September 1862, the eldest of four children and only son of the Rev William Johnstone and Margaret King, his wife, who lived to be 100, he grew up in New Zealand where his father was Presbyterian minister at Port Chalmers, and was educated at Otago Boys High School, D

Born in London on 18 April 1868 the second son of Thomas Gibbs merchant, and his wife, *née* Errington. He was educated at the City of Westminster School and in 1885 entered Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, with which he remained connected throughout his life. Gibbs' served for a time as chief

Born on 11 May 1862 at Birmingham, the son of Oglethorpe Wakelin Barratt MRCS, he was educated at University College, London. Although he took the Fellowship soon after qualifying, Barratt never practised surgery but spent his life in research, producing valuable work in a variety of fields. Whil

Born 4 September 1863, the seventh child and third son of George Mahood, MD, of Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Ireland, and his wife Mary Jane Bell. He was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, and was an exhibitioner of the Royal University of Ireland, through which he graduated in 1888. He wa

Born 27 November 1865 at Plymouth, the only son of Admiral John Frederick George Geary Grant, RN and his wife Eliza Jane Gardner. Grant suffered from a lame leg, or he would probably have entered the Navy for his grandfather had also been an admiral. He was educated privately and at St Thomas's Hosp

Born in London 29 July 1867, the eighth child and sixth son of John Edward Drew and his wife, *née* Wyer. He received his early education at Amersham Hall near Reading, and at University College Hospital, London. Here he gained the Atkinson-Morley scholarship in surgery, and in 1890 was appointed ho

Born at Liverpool on October 4th, 1862, the son of Edward Robert Bickersteth (qv); was educated under Dr Hornby at Eton, which he entered in 1872. He was admitted a Pensioner at Trinity College, Cambridge, on June 13th, 1881, and graduated BA with first-class honours in the Natural Science Tripos in

Born on 25 March 1869 at Stoke Newington Green, North London, eldest of the three children of George Jesse Barnabas Stevens MRCS 1866 and his wife Charlotte Honey, he was educated at St Paul's School and Guy's Hospital where he served as house surgeon and resident obstetric officer, after qualifying

Born at Cole Henley Manor, Whitchurch on the Test, Hants, the village where banknote paper is manufactured. He was the second son of Joseph Latham Bailey, gentleman farmer, and his wife Martha Palmer of Lambourn, Kent. Educated at Cranford College, Maidenhead, he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital in

Born on 27 June 1866 he was educated at King's College School and in 1884 won the Salters' university scholarship. He entered the medical department of King's College, London, in October 1884, won many prizes and the Sambrooke exhibition, and served as assistant demonstrator of physiology. In 1889 a

Born at Weybridge on 15 May 1862, third son of Arthur Cobbett, provision merchant, and his wife Betsey Holt, and their ninth and youngest child. He was educated at Lancing and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took third-class honours in the Natural Sciences tripos part I, 1884, and came under th