Studied at St Thomas's Hospital, where he became Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy. He was in general practice at Barnstaple and was Surgeon to the Barnstaple and North Devon Infirmary. He moved to Harrogate in 1892 and practised as an ophthalmic surgeon; he was Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Harrogate I

Born at Market Harborough in March, 1809, the son of John Nunneley, a gentleman of property in Leicester, who claimed descent from a Shropshire family. Educated privately, Nunneley was apprenticed in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and afterwards entered Guy's Hospital, where he was taught by Sir

Born on October 23rd, 1837, the second son, in a family of nine, of the Rev Henry Mark Vernon, who was for forty-four years Vicar of Westfield, near Battle, Sussex. He was educated at Marlborough College from 1847-1856, where he had a good reputation as a scholar and fine athlete. In 1856 he beca

Charles James Frederick Maguire was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. He was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, on 10 May 1931 to Charles Maguire, a nonconformist minister, and Gertrude née Armitage. He was at school in Belfast, attending the Methodist College, and c

Michael John Absolon was an ophthalmic surgeon in Southampton and Winchester. He was born in Cheltenham in 1933 and studied natural sciences at St John's College, Cambridge, and then went on to complete his clinical studies at the London Hospital Medical School. While at Cambridge he represented the

Michael Britten was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon in Stockport and North Derbyshire. He attended Repton School and graduated in medicine from Liverpool University in 1954. He passed the fellowship in 1961 and published papers on "Glaucoma and inactive syphilitic interstitial keratitis" (jointly, *

The eldest son of William Dalrymple, of Norwich, and Marianne Bertram, his wife. John was one of six sons, and two of his brothers, Archibald Dalrymple (qv) and Donald Dalrymple (qv) became Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons. He studied under his father and at Edinburgh. He made a special stud

John Dermot Ainslie Common was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary. He studied medicine at Westminster Hospital, where he qualified in 1971. Following his house appointment at the King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, he went to Sierra Leone, where he worked on and wr

Born at Highgate, and studied at the London Hospital, where he was successively Demonstrator of Anatomy, Assistant Surgeon in 1846, and Surgeon from 1861-1863. He is said to have been a good surgeon, showing boldness and capacity in big operations. From 1843-1877 he was attached to the Royal London

John Winstanley was an ophthalmic surgeon at St Thomas’ Hospital, London. He was born in London on 11 May 1919, the son of Bernard Joseph Winstanley, a captain in the Burma Sappers and Miners, and Grace née Taunton, the daughter of a solicitor. The younger of three sons, he was educated at Stoke Hou

Satya Bhushan Kapur was an ophthalmic surgeon. He was born on 4 March 1920 in Rangoon, Burma, the second child but first son of Lal Chand Kapur, a civil engineer with Burma Railways, and Bhagwanti Devi, whose father was an Ayurvedic physician. He was educated in Rangoon at the primary DAV School and

Noel Moores was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Royal Eye Hospital, Surbiton, Richmond Royal Hospital and Kingston Hospital. He was born on 3 November 1922 in Bury, Greater Manchester. He was educated at Repton School, Derbyshire and studied medicine at Manchester University, qualifying in 19