Peter Reginald Davis was professor of human biology at the University of Surrey. He was born on 27 July 1923 in Wimbledon, the younger son of A H Davis, a government physicist, and his wife, Amy. Peter's childhood was spent in west London, and he went to St Paul's School. He became a medical student

Born on February 6th, 1804, the sixth son of Charles Shaw, Clerk of the County of Ayr, and Barbara Wright, his wife, daughter of a Collector of Customs at Greenock. John Shaw (1792-1827), Lecturer on Anatomy at the Great Windmill Street School of Medicine, who helped Sir Charles Bell in making his d

At the time of his death Simpson was a Teacher of Vaccination by appointment of the Privy Council, and Surgeon of the Surrey Vaccination Establishment. He had previously been Surgeon to the Westminster General Dispensary. He was throughout life, first Lecturer on, and then Professor of, Anatomy to t

Born in London, 30 January 1870, second son of Joseph Frazer and his wife Frances E Mahony. He was educated at Dulwich and St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying in 1891 at the age of 21. He intended to become a surgeon, held various hospital posts in London and the country, and took the Fellowship i

Born 1862, the son of James Robinson, of Manchester, he was educated at Edinburgh University, where he took honours when he graduated in medicine and surgery in 1883, and won the gold medal at the MD examination 1890 for his thesis on the development of two rodents. After serving as demonstrator of

Born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 8 September 1900 son of C Whillis he was educated at Carlisle Grammar School and Newcastle Medical School, where he graduated with first-class honours and was awarded the Philipson scholarship; he served as demonstrator and then lecturer in anatomy. Whillis was appoint

John Joseph Pritchard was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1916. He was educated at St Peter's College and at the University of Adelaide, where he graduated in 1934 with the BSc in medical science and mathematics. The same year he obtained the Primary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons

Sita Achaya qualified MB BS Madras in 1940 and later moved on to take the DGO and MS after winning 19 gold medals in the course of her studies. An Indian government scholarship enabled her to come to England and take her Fellowship in 1947. A house surgeon's position at Hammersmith was followed by a

Ronald Green was born on 1 August 1895, the son of Frank Green and Christiana Swanson. He was educated first at University College and then at University College Hospital, qualifying in 1918. He at once showed an interest in anatomy and became first demonstrator in anatomy at University College and

'Tom' Morris was born in 1899 at Adelaide, where he started to read medicine, but interrupted his studies to enlist during the first world war, narrowly surviving the Spanish 'flu epidemic in 1918 aboard a troopship. After the war he came to England to follow in his father's footsteps at St Thomas's

Thomas Nicol was born in Scotland on 4 August 1900, the son of William Nicol and Mary Wilson Gilmour and after early education entered the University of Glasgow for his medical studies, qualifying in 1922. Shortly after qualification he became senior house surgeon to Sir William Maccwen at the Weste

Professor Peter Williams was an outstanding anatomist who was known and respected world-wide for the editing and revision of *Gray's Anatomy*. He was born on 11 November 1926 at Caerleon in Gwent, the elder son of Jack Williams, a Welsh education and child-welfare officer. His father, who held st