Born on 24 October 1867, the only child of Stephen Yearsley and Joanna Bowring Chittenden, his wife. His father's father, James Yearsley, was a first cousin of the famous otologist of the same name (see P M Y's letter in *British Medical Journal* 12 March 1935, 1, 596). The family originated in York

Born in India, the son of John Hinde Pelly, Judge in the Indian Civil Service. He was an elder brother of Sir Lewis Pelly (1825-1892) (*see Dict Nat Biog*). There were in all seven brothers, six of whom entered one or other of the services, and three attained General Officer's rank. Pelly was sent

The son of a gifted medical practitioner in Brazil who died whilst his son was an infant; he was brought up by a devoted mother, who was herself a proficient linguist. She had set before him the course of a medical missionary, directing him in his medical career and in the reading of missionary biog

Was articled at the age of 15 years to David Davies, Surgeon to the Cyfarthfa Iron and Coal Works, Merthyr. At the end of the three years he entered as a student at Grainger's School in the Borough and was educated at the Borough Hospitals. He practised throughout his life at Merthyr Tydfil. The

Born at 50 Camberwell Road, SE, on 25 April 1882, the eldest son of J Walter Perrin, a City merchant, and Harriet S Savage, his wife. He was educated at Wilson School under Mr McDowell, at Richmond Hill School under Mr Whitbread, and at the City of London School under Mr A T Pollard. On 1 October 19

Came of a family prominent in business, philanthropy, and society. He was born in New York on September 23rd, 1852, and was educated in New York, the Andover Academy, and Yale, where he graduated in Arts. He gained his medical education at the College of Physicians and Surgeons attached to Columbia

Cecil Wood Flemming, the son of Percy Flemming, ophthalmic surgeon at University College Hospital and Dr Elizabeth Flemming, physician to the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, was born on 20 August 1902 at Ewhurst, Surrey. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Oxford, moving to Uni

Miles Harris Phillips was born at Portishead, near Bristol in 1875, and was educated at Bristol Grammar School where he became captain of cricket, and his love of the game was life-long. He did his pre-clinical studies at University College, Bristol, and then came to King's College and the London Ho

Born at Carlisle, and was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he acted as Assistant to Sir Thomas Fraser, FRS, Regius Professor of Medicine, and subsequently became Demonstrator of Anatomy in the Medical School. He was highly appreciated by Sir Thomas, and, pursuing a careful course of st

Michael Burton was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Hillingdon and Ealing hospitals. He was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, on 28 July 1926, the second son of Rennie Cooksey, a general practitioner, and Elsie Jane née Laycock, the daughter of an adviser in music. He began

Dilip Raje was a former consultant surgeon in Jamaica and senior lecturer at the University of the West Indies. He was born in Gwalior, India, on 26 October 1936, the son of Raghunath Raje, a professor of English literature, and Vaidehi née Kotwal, a headmistress. He was educated at the Aryan Educat

Norman Walter Nisbet was a former director of research at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry. He was born in Edinburgh on 23 March 1909, the son of a science master. He first qualified as a dentist, but abandoned dentistry in favour of medicine. After completing his training in ge