Mahapitiyage Peiris was born in Panadura, Ceylon, on 28 July 1898, the son of M A Peiris, a merchant, and was educated at St John's School, Panadura, and St Joseph's College, Colombo, before entering Ceylon Medical College qualifying in 1926.After graduation and junior hospital posts he was appointe

Robert Bewick was born in Glasgow on 19 July 1907, the second son of James Dicker Bewick, a business executive and Elizabeth Jane Sloan, daughter of an Exciseman. He was educated at Alexandra Parade School 1912-18, Whitehall Secondary School 1918-24 and Glasgow University Medical School where he won

Born at Middlesbrough on 16 June 1876 son of Robert Telford, accountant, of Withington and Mary Ann Davison his wife, he was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Caius College, Cambridge, where he took first-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos part I, 1897. He was an assistant surgeon

Born on 19 August 1874 the son of William Roderick of Llanelly and nephew of a general practitioner in that town, he was educated at Bath College, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and St George's Hospital, where he was house physician and house surgeon and later surgical registrar. In 1900 he went back t

Son of the Rev J H Hill, Rector of Cranoe, Leicestershire ; educated at Guy's Hospital and then became House Surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital. He continued in the service of the hospital, and after seven years was elected Surgeon. He was one of the most energetic and hard-working hospital surgeons

Born on 7 January 1879 the son of William John Harnett FRCP Ed, LRCSI, of Barnet, Hertfordshire, he was educated at the City of London School and was a scholar of St John's College, Cambridge, where he took first-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos, part I, 1899. He entered St Thomas's Hosp

Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was Kirkes Scholar and Gold Medallist. 1889; and graduated with honours in medicine, midwifery, and forensic medicine. He also acted as House Surgeon, studied at Munich, and afterwards became House Surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital; he then prac

Born on December 19th, 1886, at Sherwood, the son of William Oakden of Bank House, Retford. He was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Retford, and at the Nottingham High School under G J Turpin, DSc. He obtained a foundation scholarship at Peterhouse, Cambridge, in December, 1905, but did no

Born on January 3rd, 1837, the second son of William Catt, of West House, Portland Place, Brighton, who was well known in business circles in Brighton, his mother being Elizabeth, the fourth daughter of William Verrall, of Southover, Lewes; both came of old Sussex families. William Catt, by royal li

Robert Jones was born at Rhyl on 28 June 1858, the son of Robert Jones and Mary Hughes, his wife. He was educated at a small private school, at Sydenham College, and at the Liverpool School of Medicine. Even before he qualified he acted as assistant to his maternal uncle, Owen Thomas, the inventor o

Born at Belfast, 5 December 1887, the sixth child and fifth son of Samuel McMurray, schoolmaster, and Elizabeth Boden, his wife. He was educated at the Academical Institution and at Queen's University, graduating in 1910. He was appointed house surgeon at the Royal Southern Hospital, Liverpool and u

Born 11 March 1881, second son and second of the eleven children of Robert Milne, MD, of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, and Mary Thompson, his wife. Dr Milne practised at Bow in East London, and was medical director of Dr Barnardo's Homes for orphaned children. One of his daughters became matron of St Ma