Leader Stirling was an eminent missionary surgeon and a former minister for health in Tanzania. He was born on 19 January 1906 in Essex. Many of the family were doctors, although a cousin did found the SAS – the Special Air Service. Stirling was educated at Bishop’s Stortford and then went on to the

Balwant Shenolikar was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India, on 22 November 1923, where his father, Kashinath Shenolikar, was a lawyer. His mother was Indira née Garde. He was educated at the College of Science of the University of Nagpur, and Carmichael Medical College, Calcutta, where he won prize

John Harvey was appointed as a consultant general surgeon at the Llandough Hospital in 1982. The hospital later became an integral part of Cardiff Medical School, and was renamed 'University Hospital Llandough' in 2008 during the celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the hospital and 125 year

Howard Jayne was a senior consultant general surgeon at St Stephen's and St Mary Abbott's hospitals, London, and a senior surgical tutor at the Westminster Hospital Medical School. He studied medicine at King's College, London, and then Westminster, where he was a keen cricketer. He was an excellen

Practised as a Surgeon in Gloucester, where at one time he was Surgeon to the General Infirmary. He gave an address at Ealing in 1863. His death occurred at 11 Spa Walk, Gloucester, on November 29th, 1875.

Received his professional training at Owens College and the Royal School, Manchester. He was from 1870-1872 Resident Medical Officer at the Manchester Royal Infirmary in charge of the medical and fever wards, and in this capacity he displayed a memorable ability and devotion to duty. For many years

Educated at University College and Hospital. He was elected House Surgeon and acted as Surgical Registrar for the year 1900-1901, when he was appointed Assistant Surgeon, succeeding to the full Surgeoncy in 1909. He was Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery with Sir Rickman J Godlee (qv) as Home P

Was the son of a surgeon. He received his medical education at St George's Hospital. At the time of his death he was Surgeon to Rugby School, and died at Rugby on February 1st, 1863. According to Dean Stanley, Samuel Bucknill, although referred to in the Life of Dr Arnold as 'the usual medical atten

Educated at St John's, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew's Hospital. Before qualifying he served during the Franco-German War as Surgeon's Assistant in the Hessian Service of the German Army, being posted to the Alice Hospital, Darmstadt, in 1871. For his services he received the Hessian Sanitäts Kreuz

Born at Seringapatam, the son of Major G Hayward Budd, of the 43rd Regiment of the Madras Native Infantry. He was brought to England at the age of 6 years, and began his medical training at the Worcester General Infirmary under his uncle, Herbert Cole, son of Pennel Cole, who was Senior Surgeon of t

Born at Putney on May 2nd, 1854, the son of John Bullar, of Basset Wood, Southampton. He was a pupil of C Scott, of East Molesey, Surrey, and matriculated from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1872, having been admitted a pensioner on October 12th in that year. He obtained a first class in the Natural

Born at West Downham, Isle of Ely, where his father was curate. He was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and after qualifying was for a short period assistant to a medical man at Birmingham. Soon, however, he went to Ipswich as assistant to Mr Stibbins, whose pupil he had been, and on the latte