Was born at Shepton Mallet, in Somersetshire, in August, 1800, and received his elementary education under Mr Rogers, of Dursley, and Mr Mules, of Ilminster. He was apprenticed for five years to Richard Smith, Surgeon to the Bristol Royal Infirmary from 1796-1843, for a fee of two hundred guineas. H

Born at Darlington, and was educated at Trinity College and the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, and Westminster Hospital. Upon the foundation of Charing Cross Hospital he joined the staff as Lecturer on Anatomy, in which post he had among his pupils Dr Livingstone, Professor Thomas H Huxley, Sir

Was Surgeon to the Stafford County Infirmary, and died in retirement at 93 Kingsdown Parade, Bristol, on May 21st, 1861. Publications:- Hughes wrote books on the "Natural Diversities of Man" and on "Consumption".

Practised at Stafford, where he was Surgeon to the County Infirmary and Prison. He moved later to Barnstaple, where he died on November 22nd, 1880.

Born on May 21st, 1794, and was gazetted Assistant Surgeon of the Coldstream Guards on February 10th, 1814. He was present with his regiment at the Battle of Waterloo, and was on half pay from 1819-1825. On September 4th, 1836, he was promoted Surgeon to his regiment; on March 16th, 1838, Surgeon Ma

The eldest surving son of Hall Overend, who practised in Sheffield. He was born in May, 1806, and was educated at the Sheffield Grammar School. He then entered the united hospitals of Guy's and St Thomas's and was afterwards sent to Edinburgh. A prospectus of a School of Anatomy and Surgery was issu

Born at Manchester and studied at the Infirmary there. After the death of Joshua Brookes he joined Thomas King in opening the Blenheim Street School of Anatomy, and afterwards became Lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology at Westminster Hospital Medical School. He practised in Delahay Street, close to t

The eldest son of Benjamin Travers (q.v.), Surgeon to St Thomas’s Hospital. His mother, Sarah, daughter of William Morgan (1750-1833), who took high rank among the pioneers of life assurance in England and was Actuary of the Equitable Society, was the sister of John Morgan (q.v.), Surgeon to Guy's H

Born on Nov 29th, 1779, the younger son of John Seager, of Shirehampton, Gloucestershire. He was educated at Warminster Grammar School, but it is not known where he received his professional training. He practised for many years at Cheltenham before, and probably after, 1810; he appears also to have

Practised in Northampton, where for twenty-nine years he was Surgeon to the General Infirmary until failing health, a few weeks before his death, compelled his resignation and he was succeeded by James Marsh (q.v.). He was also Surgeon to the Royal Victoria Dispensary, in which he was followed by hi

The son of a surgeon in good practice in Bath. After a short stay in London he returned to Bath and began professional life as his father’s assistant in the year 1801. On the death of an elder brother, a surgeon, he began to practise on his own account. In 1817 he succeeded his father as surgeon to

Educated at St George’s Hospital, where he was a pupil of Sir Everard Home. He entered the Madras Army in 1802, was promoted to Surgeon in the 16th Regiment in 1824, and retired with the rank of Superintending Surgeon in 1828. Later he practised at 3 Cambridge Terrace, Regent’s Park, and died on Jan