Born 1861, the second son of William Minton Beddoes, MD (who died 10 January 1870), at Wistantowe, Salop. His father was physician to the Shrewsbury Infirmary. He matriculated from Pembroke College, Cambridge in Michaelmas term 1878, having been educated at Shrewsbury School 1875-77. He graduated BA

Educated at Guy's Hospital. He practised at Snoggwa Camp, Brisbane, Queensland, and afterwards at Mosman, Sydney. He died on 23 July 1921, but his death was not reported to the College until 4 July 1932. No further particulars seem to be obtainable, but his names suggest a connection with Scottish s

Born at Leeds on 20 April 1867, the eldest child of the Rev John Matthias Boase Bennett, MA, vicar of St Saviour's Church, Liverpool, and his wife, *née* Bulgin. He was educated at the Royal Institution and the University College, Liverpool, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was gazetted surgeon-

Born at Chilmark, near Salisbury, on 20 March 1852, the eldest son of William Francis Bennett, a country gentleman, and Selina Solf, his wife. He was educated at Weymouth College and entered St George's Hospital on 16 September 1869, after living for a year with a general practitioner in the country

Son of Fredrik Theodor Berg, physician and head of the central statistics bureau, Stockholm. He succeeded Rossanders as professor of surgery at the Caroline Institute, Stockholm in 1893, married in 1881 Marie Louise, daughter of his master Carl Gustav Santesson, and died on 21 August 1931. He wrote

Born 4 February 1860 at Kingston, Ontario, eldest son of Edward Berry, solicitor and shipowner, and Ada, his wife, daughter of Elhanan Bicknell of Herne Hill. Edward Berry came from Leicester; he lived at Croydon when in England, and at Kingston, Ontario, when business took him to Canada. James Berr

Born at Stellenbosch, South Africa, in 1888, the eldest son of P G Beyers. of Sunnyside, Pretoria. He was educated at Stellenbosch Boys' High School and Victoria College, where he read zoology under Robert Broom. He graduated in 1908, and deputized for Professor Broom for nine months during 1909. He

Was the first to be appointed a House Surgeon of the Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, founded in 1828, and he was followed in that post by E J Furner (qv) in 1831. Upon the simultaneous resignation of the three Surgeons, Vallance, Furner, and John Lawrence, junr, were appointed their successors. Va

Born at Helsen, Waldeck, Germany on 24 November 1861, son of Theodor Bier and Christine Becker. He was educated at Corbach gymnasium and at the Universities of Berlin, Leipzig, and Kiel, where he graduated in 1888 with a thesis, "Ueber circuläre Darmnaht", and qualified as a surgeon the following ye

Born at Elton Hall, Sandbach, Cheshire on 16 June 1876, the eldest son of Charles Billington. He was educated at Sandbach Grammar School and at Wellington College, Salop (Wrekin school), where he became head of the school and acted for a time as secretary to Sir John Bayley, its master and founder.

Born at Midhurst, Lower Road, Richmond, Surrey on 27 May 1858, the elder child and only son of Samuel Dougan Bird and his wife, *née* Tate. His father had been a surgeon on the staff of HH Omar Pasha and was the holder of the Crimean medal with clasp and the Turkish war medal. He emigrated to Melbou

Martin Wright Kidman Bird was born at 2 Warkworth Street, Cambridge on 30 September 1889, the second child and eldest son of William Kidman Bird, a merchant, and Maria Rebecca Martin, his wife. He was educated at the Perse School, Cambridge and at Tettanhall College. He graduated in arts from Emmanu