Born on 16 January 1891 the only child of Dr Arthur Edwin Mason LSA of West Hampstead and Alice Mary Courtenay Cole his wife, he was educated at the Haberdashers Aske's Hampstead School and graduated BA in four subjects at London University. He took his clinical training at Middlesex Hospital, quali

Charles Chubb was the son of a civil engineer and he was educated at St Paul's School and at University College London, where he graduated in 1901 with first-class honours in zoology, and was Jodrell gold medallist in comparative anatomy. Chubb served as a demonstrator and lecturer in the College's

Born on 10 April 1887 son of W Watkyn-Thomas of Papcastle, Cumberland, he was educated at Tonbridge School and Trinity College, Cambridge where he was an exhibitioner and Bean W Levy student. For his clinical studies he went to St Bartholomew's Hospital and was awarded the Brackenbury and Holden sch

This obituary appeared in volume four: Born at Bristol on 7 November 1882 the fourth child and third son of William Wright, wine merchant, and his wife a daughter of Dr William Budd FRS (for whom see *DNB*), he was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton and University College, Bristol, qualified

Edward David Darelan Davis was born at St Mellons, Cardiff, on 11 August 1880. His father was an iron master and he started his clinical career in 1900 as a student in the wards of Charing Cross Hospital, having completed the first examinations in medicine and dentistry at University College, Cardif

Born at Heywood, Lancashire on 19 May 1886, third son of James Diggle, consulting water engineer, and Rachel Alice Holt, his wife. He was educated at Rossall School and Manchester University, and studied medicine at St Bartholomew's and the London Hospital. He won medals in anatomy and gynaecology,

Peter Charles Leeson was a consultant ENT surgeon at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Kent. He was born on 1 October 1920 and studied medicine at Guy's Hospital Medical School, qualifying MB BS in 1945. He gained his FRCS in 1956 and his diploma in laryngology and otology (DLO) in 1958. He trained at th

Victor Lobo was a consultant ENT surgeon in the Maidstone and Medway areas of Kent. He was educated at St George's College, Weybridge, and then studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital Medical School. Victor Lobo died on 2 November 2008. He was survived by his wife Barbara, two children, Louise and

Born 14 July 1878 at Aberdeen, the fifth son of Samuel Tawse, merchant, and Amelia Hackney, his wife. He was educated at Gordon's College, Aberdeen, at Aberdeen University, where he graduated with honours, at King's College, London, and at the London Hospital. After being house surgeon at the Throat

Born in Australia on 6 December 1879, son of the Hon H C Muecke of Adelaide, he was educated at Prince Alfred College and University, where he won the Davies Thomas scholarship, 1900, and graduated with first-class honours in medicine, 1902. Coming to England in 1903, he studied at the London Hospit

Born on 11 March 1877 he trained at the London Hospital, qualified in 1902, and studied in Vienna. After serving as assistant surgeon to the Metropolitan Ear Nose and Throat Hospital, he was appointed the first ear nose and throat surgeon of the General Infirmary and lecturer in his specialty in the

Born 17 October 1876, eldest son of Thomas Fenton of Castletown, Co Sligo, Ireland, and his wife, Mary MacMunn. He was educated at Middleton House School (Dr Conder's), near Bognor, Sussex, and at St Thomas's and St Bartholomew's Hospitals. At St Bartholomew's he served as clinical assistant in the