Born at Vanburgh Fields, Blackheath, 17 September 1855, the third son and fifth child of Richard Henry Poland, fur merchant, and Harriet Allen, his wife. He was a nephew of Alfred Poland, surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and grandson of Sir W H Poland, sheriff of London, who was knighted on the occasion o

Born at Rastrick near Halifax on 11 November 1855, the youngest son of Tempest Pollard, MRCS (d 1866) and Sarah Pollard, his wife. His elder brother, Arthur Tempest Pollard, was the first headmaster of the City of Oxford School 1881-87, and was headmaster of the City of London School 1890-1905. Bilt

Born 8 July 1864 at St Mabyn, Cornwall, the fifth child and third son of the eight children of Charles Pollard, a farmer, and Mary Hawken, his wife. He went to school at Crewkerne and received his medical education at Guy's Hospital. He acted as clinical assistant at the Chelsea Hospital for Women a

He was born in 1848, and received his medical education at St Thomas's Hospital. He then returned to Japan, entered the medical service of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and rose to be the director-general. He married and left a son, Professor Viscount S Saneyoshi, MD. He died on 1 March 1932 at 9 Toru

Born on 15 September 1854, the second son of Henry Price, a Guernsey man, and Henrietta Freeman, his wife. He came to Maldon, Essex, in 1861 on a visit to his uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs John Sadd, was sent to school there and received some private tuition in Latin and Greek. When little more than a

Born 5 April 1861 at Pictou, Nova Scotia, the third child and eldest son of Howard Primrose, of the Bank of Nova Scotia, and Oliva Campbell, his wife. He was educated at Pictou Academy, at Edinburgh University, where he qualified, and at the Middlesex Hospital. After taking the English Conjoint degr

Born 26 January 1863 at Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, the eldest child and only son of George Hogarth Pringle, MD, FRCS Ed, and Annie Oakes Byrnes, his wife. For an account of G H Pringle (1833-72) see A Logan Turner's *Joseph, Baron Lister, centenary volume*, Edinburgh, 1927, pages 176-177, and photogra

Born 21 April 1868 at Ararat, Victoria, Australia, son of Dr Thomas Scott who was in practice there. He was educated in Australia, but received his medical training at Glasgow, where he qualified in 1890, proceeding to the doctorate in 1893, the year in which he gained the English Conjoint diplomas.

Born 25 June 1882 in College Park, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, the son of a business man. He was educated at Prince Alfred College, where he won the intercollegiate championship for club-swinging in two successive years. At the University of Adelaide he was placed top of his year in the f

Born 17 April 1873 son of William Scott, principal of Toronto Normal School. He was educated at the Ottawa Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto, where he graduated in arts in 1895 and qualified in medicine three years later. He started to practise in Toronto, but spent some years in po

Born at Southsea, Hants on 12 December 1892, the son of Joseph Thomas Purkis, captain, RN, and Jessie Jane Bond, his wife. He was educated at Eltham College and at Guy's Hospital, where he was house surgeon to the ophthalmic and the ear, nose, and throat departments. He then served as medical office

Born 7 November 1884 at Rochdale, Lancashire; his father was a Primitive Methodist minister. He was educated at Owens College, Manchester, where he served as demonstrator of anatomy, and qualified in 1906. He served as house surgeon at the Royal Infirmary, Manchester, and at the Seamen's Hospital, G