Born on Aug 1st, 1778, and entered the service of the HEIC. He was appointed Regimental Mate to the 89th Foot on April 1st, 1797, and a month later, May 1st, became Assistant Surgeon to the same regiment. He was transferred to the 5th Dragoon Guards on Aug 10th, 1799, and was gazetted Surgeon to the

Born in August, 1780, and was gazetted to the Bombay Army as Assistant Surgeon on Nov 23rd, 1805, joining up on May 7th, 1806. He was promoted to Surgeon on July 4th, 1818, to Superintending Surgeon on Jan 11th, 1826, and became a Member of the Medical Board on May 1st, 1832. He retired on May 1st,

Practised at Friargate, Derby, and was Surgeon to the Derby General Infirmary. He died on or before June 14th, 1852.

Practised at East Beach, Taunton, Somerset, and was from its inception a member of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association. He died at Teignmouth on June 15th, 1850.

Born on Aug 24th, 1779, and was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to Hompesch’s Mounted Riflemen on Nov 16th, 1799. He joined the 63rd Foot on Oct 5th, 1804, and the Staff as Surgeon on Jan 2nd, 1806. He was appointed Physician to the Forces on Aug 1st, 1811, and was promoted Deputy Inspector of Hospitals

Born on Dec 26th, 1785, at St Michael’s Hill, Bristol, the son of John Prior Estlin (1747-1817) and his second wife, who had been Miss Bishop. His father was the well-known Unitarian, friend of Coleridge, Southey, and Priestley, who kept a school in a large house at the top of St Michael’s Hill. In

Born on Feb 2nd, 1782. Received his later professional training at St George’s Hospital, where he was entered as a six months’ surgical pupil on Oct 7th, 1814. He had previously seen much active naval and military service. He joined the Royal Navy as Assistant Surgeon on April 4th, 1800, and became

Practised at Stourport, near Kidderminster, and died on or before June 26th, 1848.

The fourth of the twelve children and the eldest son of the Rev Samuel Levick Cooper, the elder brother of Sir Astley Cooper and grandson of Dr Cooper, Vicar of Great Yarmouth. Born in Great Yarmouth on September 2nd, 1792, he went to school at Bungay under the Rev Robert Page, and afterwards to the

The son of Samuel Cooper, a merchant in the whaling trade; through his mother descended from the Priestleys, of which family the famous chemist, Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), was a member. Henry Cooper received his education at private schools, and at the age of 16 became a pupil of Dr Fielding, of

Born at Ampthill, the eldest son of Thomas Chapman, surgeon, who lived to be 94, and nephew of Sir John Chapman, FRCS (qv), of Windsor. He was a student at St Bartholomew's Hospital under Abernethy from 1825-1827, and spent the winter session of 1828-9 in Paris. In 1830 he was House Surgeon to Earle

Born September 15th, 1797, fourth son of Samuel Bishop of Pimperne, Dorsetshire; educated at the Child-Okeford Grammar School in Dorsetshire. It was intended that he should be a lawyer, but at the age of 25 he was induced by his cousin, John Tucker, of Bridport, to become a doctor. He entered St Geo