Came of a West Country family which held property in Cornwall and Devon and used coat-armour from the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He was one of eight children, and in 1810 married Miss Delpratt, a Huguenot, by whom he had two sons. He was educated near Plymouth, was apprenticed to Samuel Luscombe from

A member of one of the oldest families in Montgomeryshire; he practised at Welshpool, near Montgomery, where he was Surgeon to the Dispensary, to the Parish of Welshpool, to the Pool and Montgomeryshire Workhouse, and later on Medical Officer to the Forden Union Workhouse and to the Royal Montgomery

The third of six sons of George Harrison; was for more than fifty years a prominent man in Chester as Surgeon to the Infirmary, then Consulting Surgeon, also three times Mayor. His eldest brother, George, practised as a partner with his father until his death about 1850. Another brother, Job, MRCS,

Born in Antigua in 1837, studied at Dublin, then acted as Ship's Surgeon on board a Cunard mail steamer. He settled in practice at Boston, Lincolnshire, where he was one of the founders of the Boston Hospital in 1871, begun by accommodating patients in two cottages in Irby Street. He was a Medical O

Born at Fowey, in Cornwall, where his father was rector. The family of Kempe living at Croysillack, Cornwall, traced back to 1423. His grandfather was a brother of Admiral Kempe. His two elder brothers were in orders, one becoming the Rector of Merton, North Devon, and Prebend of Exeter Cathedral, t

Practised in Norwich, where in 1850 he was elected Surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital in the place of John Greene Crosse (qv) without having served as Assistant Surgeon. He resigned the post in 1872 and was elected Consulting Surgeon. He was also Consulting Surgeon to the Norwich Bethel Hos

Educated at University College, London. He practised at Bideford, Devon, and was a Fellow of the Obstetrical Society of London and a member of the Harveian Society. He died on December 3rd, 1890. Publications: Thompson contributed papers on various subjects to the *British Medical Journal*, incl

Came of highly respectable Quaker stock in Somersetshire. He was early apprenticed to Thomas Bell, of Poole, and in 1809 entered at St Thomas's Hospital. He practised for over forty-five years in Poole, where his circle of patients was extensive and he was greatly respected. His biographer in the *L

Born in New York, the son of Samuel Ogden Meredith, of Philadelphia; accompanied his father to Europe, was educated at Boulogne-sur-Mer, acquiring a thorough knowledge of French, and later, in 1886, became naturalized as a British subject. He studied Medicine at University College Hospital, where he

Studied at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the Manchester Infirmaries, at Westminster Hospital, and at the Hunterian School. He practised at Mulberry House, Great Eccleston, Garstang, Lancashire, where he was District Medical Officer of the Garstang Union. He was a Fellow of the London Obstetrical Socie

Was at one time Surgeon to Troops in Garrison and to the Guardship and Royal Marines, Pembroke. At the time of his death he was District Inspector of Agencies, General Superintendent and Confidential Medical Referee of the Scott Union Insurance Company, Deputy Lieutenant for Pembrokeshire, and a Jus

Studied at University College Hospital, acted as House Surgeon to the Shrewsbury Infirmary from 1837-1848, and was then appointed Surgeon. He was also Surgeon to the Shropshire and Montgomery Counties Lunatic Asylum, practising at St Mary's Court, Shrewsbury. He was much interested in archaeology