James Charles Frederick Lloyd Williamson was born in Horley on 9 July 1904. His father was a doctor, and he was educated at Rugby, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1928, and graduating BChir in 1929 and MB in 1931. After junior appoin

Born in January 1903 in Melbourne the son of the Rev Thomas Robinson, he received his early education at St Paul's School, at that time associated with the Cathedral, where he was a chorister and acquired his knowledge and love of music. He then proceeded to All Saints School and Melbourne Grammar S

Third child and second son of William Blackstock, gentleman, and Kate Anthony, his wife, he was born at 3 Cole Street, Birkenhead on 13 January 1895. He was educated at the Liverpool Collegiate High School and at King's College Hospital, London, where he was house physician, children's house physici

Born 10 September 1861 at Pensarn, Llandyssul, Cardigan, the eldest child of Evan Thomas, farmer, and Mary Lewis, his wife. He was educated at a small private school at Llandyssul under the headmastership of Gwilym Marlais, and afterwards entered the London Hospital Medical School. He won the Hutchi

Frederick Herman Aitken Walker, the only child of Frederick, a cotton manufacturer, and of Edith Walker, was born on 1 July 1900 at Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire. He was educated at Calday Grange School, West Kirby, Cheshire, and, after one year as a medical student at Liverpool University he moved t

Born at Heidelberg in 1883 son of Altor Jurasz (1847-1923), Professor of Laryngology successively at Heidelberg, Lwow and Poznan, and Caroline, daughter of Thomas Gaspey, lecturer in English, his education was at Heidelberg, where he qualified in 1907, and in London, Konigsberg and Leipzig. From

Born in 1907 he was educated at the University of Manchester. After serving as house surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary and senior resident at Bootle General Hospital, he travelled twice to the Far East as a ship's surgeon. He joined the Lancashire County Council tuberculosis service in 1934 at W

Born on 5 April 1880 at Memphis, Tennessee, USA, the second of the three sons of Robert Woolfenden, cotton merchant, and Sarah Smith, his wife. He was educated at Bickerton House School, Birkdale, and then entered the Liverpool Medical School, where he had a brilliant career as an undergraduate, bec

Alfred John Craig was born at Porta Maggiore, Vittoriosa, Malta, on 29 May 1909. He was the fourth child and fourth son of John Craig, Chief Clerk of HM Dockyard, Malta and Sophie née Gatt. He started his education at HM Dockyard School, Malta, one of the best at the time. In due course he was admit

After passing the MB in 1934 John Russell Barbour was house surgeon to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1935 and to the Adelaide Children's Hospital in 1936. In 1939 he became house surgeon to the Southend General Hospital and passed his FRCS. He was surgical registrar to the London Hospital and su

Born in 1940 in Hove, Sussex, the son of a general practitioner, George Nigel Boobbyer was educated at Prestonville, Brighton, and Haileybury. He read medicine at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, graduating MB BS London, in 1964 and gaining the Conjoint Diploma in that year. He was house surgeon i

Arthur Beresford Beresford-Jones was born on 8 April, the son of the Rector of Winalton, Co Durham. He was educated at St Paul's Choir School, London, and at the University of Durham College of Medicine, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He graduated MB BS in 1906 and was house surgeon to Rutherford Morison. He