Born at Bath, and came of an old Herefordshire family. His father and several of his relations were medical men. After qualifying he succeeded to his uncle’s practice at Hereford, which, considerable as it was, he carried on alone till his retirement about the year 1875. He was known as a good opera

Studied at University College, London, and practised at 1 St John's Wood Grove, Grove Road, about 1855; at 42 Grove Road; next at 22 North Bank, Regent's Park ; and finally at 21 Alma Square, Abbey Road, London, NW, where he died on December 24th, 1903. He was for many years Assistant Surgeon to

Born at Clare, Suffolk, in May, 1817; went to the Mercers' School, and at 15 was apprenticed to Gilbert, a Norwich surgeon, and attended the practice of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, where he attracted the attention of the Ophthalmic Surgeon, John Dalrymple (qv). In 1835 he entered Guy's Hospita

Born at Northleach, Gloucestershire; after attending the local Grammar School, was apprenticed in 1832 to Mr Cornwall at Fairford until September, 1836, when he entered the Webb Street School under Richard Grainger. He also attended Guy's Hospital under Aston Key and the medical practice of St Thoma

The younger son of Thomas Hovell, of Wyverstone, Suffolk, who had been educated at the London Hospital and had practised at Clapton, North London. Dennis, together with his elder brother, Mark, also studied at the London Hospital, being articled to John Scott, Surgeon to the London Hospital. Both br

Born at Fowey, in Cornwall, where his father was rector. The family of Kempe living at Croysillack, Cornwall, traced back to 1423. His grandfather was a brother of Admiral Kempe. His two elder brothers were in orders, one becoming the Rector of Merton, North Devon, and Prebend of Exeter Cathedral, t

Born at Campsall in Yorkshire on August 30th, 1815, the son of Thomas Dawson Bowker, of Hatfield, and Elizabeth, *née* Steer, of Temple Belwood, Isle of Axholme. He was apprenticed at the age of 16 at the Nottingham General Dispensary, and practised for some years at Bingham, Notts. He then made two

Born at Llwynyberllan, Carmarthenshire, on September 12th, 1813, the eldest son of William Thomas, of that town. At the age of 16 he began his professional training at Swansea Infirmary, and subsequently studied at University College, then known as London University. As the medical degrees were not