Born at Caerphilly on December 6th, 1821, the son of a medical man who had an extensive country practice, which he conducted on horseback; he was proud of his stable, and his son had the advantage of an active outdoor life in his boyhood and after his apprenticeship to his father. William Edwards (1

Born at Llanrwst, North Wales, on 23 January 1863, the eldest son of Lloyd Roberts, corn merchant, and Jane Pierce, his wife. He was educated at Llanrwst Grammar School, at Wesley College, Sheffield, and at Guy's Hospital. At the University of London he obtained honours in medicine, obstetric medici

Born at Evercreech, Somerset on 13 April 1867 son of Cuthbert Lockyer a yeoman farmer, he was educated at King's School, Bruton, where he was for a few years a schoolmaster. Deciding to take up medicine, he went to Charing Cross Hospital and for postgraduate study to Bonn and Vienna. Having achie

Born in Liverpool on 13 October 1899 the only child of Ralph Edward Dodds and his wife Jane Pack, Charles Dodds was educated at Harrow County School and the Middlesex Hospital, where he won prizes in chemistry, pharmacology and physiology. He qualified in 1921 at the University of London, and procee

Francis John Ensell was born on 27 May 1926 and graduated in medicine at Birmingham in 1949. He held house appointments at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the General Hospital, Birmingham, and took the FRCS in 1960. He had served in the Royal Air Force and was awarded the George Medal for bravery while

Born in London, 29 July 1864, the third son of Hugh Smith of Darvel, Ayrshire, and younger brother of Sir George Smith, KCMG, Governor of Nyasaland, 1913-23. Hugh Smith was educated at the City of London School and at University College, London. He entered the London Hospital after gaining the entra

Hugh Baron was a consultant physician-gastroenterologist at St Mary's and Hammersmith hospitals, London. Of all his qualities, the foremost was his love of scholarship. He hungered for knowledge in all his many areas of interest, and from his research and ideas he added to most of them. He described

Frances Violet Gardner, the youngest of three daughters and the fourth child of Sir Eric, farmer and Conservative MP for East Berkshire, and Lady Gardner, was born on 28 February 1913. She was educated at Headington School, Oxford, Westfield College, London, and the Royal Free Hospital Medical Schoo

Francis Avery Jones was a distinguished consultant physician and gastroenterologist at Central Middlesex and St Mark's Hospitals. He was born in Beccles, Suffolk, on 31 May 1910, the son of Francis Samuel and Marion Rosa. He was educated locally at the St John Leman School, before proceeding to St B

Educated at St Thomas's Hospital, where he was Obstetric Resident. He started practice at Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, and was Physician to the Pembroke and Haverfordwest Infirmary, and then at Tenby. In 1870 he moved to London, practised at 67 High Street, Wandsworth, in partnership with Alfred Bro

Born near Taunton, his father, a farmer on a large scale, being descended from an old Somerset family. He entered University College, London, as a medical student in 1840 and carried off many prizes. He was a favourite pupil of Liston, and acted as House Surgeon. After studying in Paris he settled i

Born at Portsmouth on July 16th, 1817, the son of C W Hoffmeister, Collector of Customs at Belfast. He was educated at the University of Glasgow and at University College Hospital, London, where he was Clinical Clerk to Dr Elliotson and Dresser to Robert Liston. He settled in practice at Cowes in 18