Born at Bath on 3 August 1869, the only son of Cyril J Wood, journalist, and his wife, *née* Candy. Educated at Bath and at the University of Bristol, his main interests were devoted at first to pathology but, influenced by F Richardson Cross, he soon turned to ophthalmology. He was appointed surgeo

Born on 16 February 1869 at The Priory, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, the eldest son and first child of Thomas Mordaunt Worth and Frances Charlotte Alley, his wife. He was educated at Bedford School and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. From 1893 to 1897 his address was at Sutton Bridge, but his time was spen

Born 15 August 1860 at Saffron Walden, Essex, the second child and only son of William Spicer and Anne Holmes, his wife. His father owned a considerable amount of land as well as the Rose and Crown Hotel in Saffron Walden; his mother came of a family of brewers in Yorkshire. Holmes Spicer was educat

Born on 21 April 1874, the fourth child and second son of John Worton, who was in the wine trade, and his wife, *née* McCormick. He was educated at Allan Glen's School and at the University of Glasgow. He then acted as assistant dispensary surgeon to the Royal Sick Children's Hospital, Glasgow, and

Born at Magdalena, Argentina on 15 September 1865, the fourth child and third son of Henry Thompson, an estanciero (manager of a country estate), and Margaret Cowen, his wife. He was educated privately at Liverpool and in Paris, and took his medical training at Edinburgh University, where he graduat

Born at Stockton-on-Tees, the son of John Tweedy, a solicitor. He was educated at Elmfield College, York, and at University College, London, from which he went to University College Hospital for his medical course. He qualified in 1872, and in 1873 became a Clinical Assistant at the Royal London Oph

James Hudson was an ophthalmic surgeon at Moorfields in London. He was born on 15 February 1916 in New Britain, Connecticut, USA. His father, William Shand, was a mechanical engineer and farmer. His mother was Ethel Summerskill. He was educated in Massachusetts, at Winchester County Day School and t

Came of the family to which belonged Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter, who founded Manchester Grammar School in 1515, and Netley Abbey, besides being co-founder of Brasenose College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The son of James Oldham (qv), he received his professional training at Guy's Hospita

Born on October 14th, 1828, the son of the Rev Thomas Streatfield (1777-1848), of Chart's Edge, Westerham, historian of the County of Kent, whose collection of biographical and topographical material was embodied in Hasted's *History of Kent*, 1886. His mother, Clare, daughter of Thomas Harvey, of C

Born 30 January 1863 in London, the eighth of the nine children of Horatio Henry Flemming, owner and manager of a saddlery and harness business, and Julia Steggal, his wife. He was educated at University College School, London, passing at sixteen to University College Medical School, where he was un

Peter Rycroft was born in Bradford, Yorkshire on 11 October 1928, the elder son of Sir Benjamin Rycroft and his wife, Mary, née Rhodes. He went to school at St Piran's on the Hill, Maidenhead, and at Stowe, and from there proceeded to his National Service in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He continue

Studied at Westminster Hospital and practised at West Tree Villa, Maidstone, Kent, where he founded the Kent County Ophthalmic Hospital. He later had consulting-rooms in London at 11 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square. Late in life he lived at Maitland House, The Parade, Tunbridge Wells, whilst continui