Born on 11 February 1867 at Colombo, Ceylon, where his father, William Dumaresq Wright, was colonial treasurer; his mother's maiden name was Amy Braybrooke; he was their second son and third child. He was educated at Appledurcombe College, Isle of Wight, and at Haileybury, and took his medical train

Born at Whitehaven, Cumberland, on 23 August 1878, the third child and second son of Robert Wright, banker, of the Whitehaven Bank, and his wife, *née* Todd. He was educated at St Bee's Grammar School and Edinburgh University, where he graduated with honours. After holding resident posts at Weston-s

Stewart Desmond Clarke was a consultant surgeon in Belfast, Kuwait and finally at the King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the son of Brice Richard Clarke, a doctor, and Doreen Clarke née Cassidy, who worked in catering. He studied medicine at Queen's Univers

Born at Atherton, Lancashire on 10 December 1884, the second son and second child of Samuel Warburton, commercial traveller, and Sarah Hodgkinson his wife. He was educated at the Church Institute, Bolton, Lancs, at the Denstone College, Staffs, at the Victoria University, Manchester, and at the Lond

Born on 19 March 1879 at Ash Mount, Sparbrook, Birmingham, the first child of Joseph Ward, MRCS 1872, and his wife Annie Maria Blake. He was educated at Warwick, at the Birmingham Medical School, and at the London Hospital. He qualified in 1902 and, after serving as senior resident surgical officer

Born on 26 January 1865 at Eltham, Kent, eldest son and second child of Charles Edwin Ware, architect and surveyor, of Exeter, and Lucy Ann Hayman, his wife. He was educated at Downside, and at St Thomas's, where he served as house surgeon. After serving as resident medical officer at St Mary's Chil

He was educated at the Westminster Hospital where he won the Sturges Prize in Medicine and the Abrahams Prize in Pathology. After qualification he held appointments as house surgeon at the Westminster and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, and was awarded honours in his London examination. He

Born at Bridgewater near Bendigo, Victoria in 1880. His forebears had migrated to Australia from Foss, near Pitlochry, Scotland in 1840. The family moved later to Narracan, Gippsland, where his father was a timber contractor and where he attended school, but was largely self taught. He matriculated

Born on 22 March 1888 in Co Tyrone, Ireland, he studied medicine at Queen's College, Galway and Queen's College, Belfast, where he graduated with first-class honours in 1910 and was demonstrator of anatomy 1912-13. He was house surgeon at Downe Hospital, Downpatrick and casualty house surgeon at Bri

Born at Winnipeg, Canada in 1888 son of F Ferguson Kerr MD, he was educated at Edinburgh University, King's College, London, and Owens College, Manchester, qualifying in 1910. He served as house surgeon in the University wards at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, and then settled in practice in Manche

Born on 14 December 1872, the son of Axel Key, professor of pathological anatomy at the Royal Caroline Institute, Stockholm, he was partly of Scottish descent. Key graduated in 1907 and served from 1911 to 1937 as surgeon to the Maria Hospital, Stockholm, and was appointed also professor of surgery

Born 2 June 1894 the fifth child and second son of Theodor Kittel, coal and iron exporter, and his wife née Slater, he was educated at Oundle, the Royal School of Mines, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he took third-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos part I in 1918. He qualified fro