Born 4 December 1867, fourth of seven sons of George Lawson, FRCS, and Mary, his wife, daughter of William Thomson, MD, surgeon in the Indian Medical Service (Crawford's *Roll of the IMS*, Bengal list, No 965). George Lawson had been invalided home from the Crimea, and later became surgeon to the Mi

Elizabeth Davis Liken Simpson was an honorary ophthalmic surgeon at St James' Hospital, Balham, St George's Hospital, Tooting, and the South London Hospital for Women and Children. She qualified MB BCh BAO in Dublin in 1941, and gained the diploma in ophthalmic medicine and surgery in 1944. Prior t

Redmond Smith was an ophthalmologist in London and an expert on glaucoma. He was born in Barnes on 10 April 1923, into a medical family: his paternal and maternal grandfathers, and his father, Hector, were all doctors. His mother was Maud Smith née Hamilton. He was educated at the Oratory School, Ca

Born about 1862 he was educated at University College, London where he served as assistant demonstrator of anatomy. He was house physician at the Great Northern Hospital and, becoming interested in diseases of the eye, was house surgeon at the Moorfields Eye Hospital 1889-91, and became surgeon to t

Studied at Edinburgh, at University College Hospital, London, and in Paris. At the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields, he was first House Surgeon in 1876 under Bowman and George Critchett, having as his colleague Marcus Gunn, then for sixteen years Clinical Assistant, when he was appointed Assist

Began practice as a surgeon in the City of London with a city and mercantile family connection, together with a "fair patrimony and a fine personal appearance". He was Surgeon to Newgate Gaol at a salary, followed by a retiring allowance, ample in amount at the time. He was appointed to the newly-ma

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

Studied at Westminster Hospital, where he gained an entrance scholarship, and later was House Surgeon and House Physician. Then he was Clinical Assistant at the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, and, having become FRCS in 1896, was appointed Surgeon to the Royal Eye Hospital, Southwark; Assista

The only son and second child of James Scott (1770-1849) by his wife Mary; born at Bromley in Kent, according to the inscription on his funeral tablet, on February 20th, 1799. His father, a general practitioner of Clay Hill, Beckenham, Kent, was in good social standing and of high professional reput

Born at Kettering, Northamptonshire, the fourth son of Henry John Nettleship, solicitor, and Isabella, daughter of the Rev James Hogg, Rector of Geddington and sometime Head Master of Kettering Grammar School. He traced his paternal ancestry through six generations to John Nettleship, of Bole, whose

Born at Preston, Lancashire, the son of Thomas Maynard; studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Universities of Durham, Paris, Würzburg, and Bonn. He was House Surgeon at the Newcastle Infirmary and Clinical Assistant at the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital. Proceeding to Netley, he passed out third o

Born at Wigan, went to the town Grammar School, and to a school at Chester. In 1859 he entered University College Hospital as a student, and later was House Surgeon there, House Physician at Brompton Hospital, and House Surgeon at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. After becoming FRCS he studied ophtha