Born at Culgower in Sutherlandshire in 1850, the youngest, and eventually the last survivor, of a family of four, consisting of two sons and two daughters. The Gunns are an old Scandinavian stock and have been settled for many generations in the north and north-east of Scotland. Marcus Gunn was educ

John Pyne was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich and West Norwich hospitals, and also worked privately at the BUPA Hospital Norwich in Colney, Norfolk. One of nature's true gentlemen, he had a courteous approach to his many grateful patients, his colleagues, junior staff and

Elizabeth Davis Liken Simpson was an honorary ophthalmic surgeon at St James' Hospital, Balham, St George's Hospital, Tooting, and the South London Hospital for Women and Children. She qualified MB BCh BAO in Dublin in 1941, and gained the diploma in ophthalmic medicine and surgery in 1944. Prior t

Born on 28 May 1864 at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, the fifth child and third son of Charles Martin, a schoolmaster, and Elizabeth Hitchcock, his wife. He was educated at Ballarat State School and School of Mines, and practised as a chemist before going to England to study medicine. He worked at t

Philip Neville Awdry was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at United Oxford Hospitals and Oxford Royal Hospital for the Blind. Born in 1933, he was the son of Neville John Awdry TD and his wife, Joan née Visger. Ophthalmologist to the Royal Commonwealth Society Blind Mobile Field Team, it is possible

Studied at Edinburgh, at University College Hospital, London, and in Paris. At the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields, he was first House Surgeon in 1876 under Bowman and George Critchett, having as his colleague Marcus Gunn, then for sixteen years Clinical Assistant, when he was appointed Assist

Peter Clover was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Royal Eye and Kingston hospitals, the Royal Hospital, Richmond, and St Thomas' Hospital, London. He gained his MB BS in 1945, his diploma in ophthalmic medicine and surgery in 1950 and his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1959.

Born at the Manor House, Barrasford, near Chollerton, Northumberland, 14 June 1862, the second child and second son of William George Laws, civil engineer, and Ellinor Shields, his wife. He was educated at the Newcastle Grammar School and at the University of Durham, where he was an associate in sci

Studied at Westminster Hospital, where he gained an entrance scholarship, and later was House Surgeon and House Physician. Then he was Clinical Assistant at the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, and, having become FRCS in 1896, was appointed Surgeon to the Royal Eye Hospital, Southwark; Assista

Studied at St Thomas's Hospital, where he became Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy. He was in general practice at Barnstaple and was Surgeon to the Barnstaple and North Devon Infirmary. He moved to Harrogate in 1892 and practised as an ophthalmic surgeon; he was Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Harrogate I

Received his professional training at University College, London, where he was Fellowes Gold Medallist in Clinical Medicine at the Hospital, and Medallist in Anatomy, Pathology, and Medicine, as well as Senior Demonstrator in Anatomy (at University College and Westminster Hospitals). He was also at

Born on March 21st, 1854, at St Margaret's, Collier Street, Yalding, Kent, the fourth son of the Rev Thomas Milles, for thirty years Vicar of Yalding. He was one of four brothers educated at Tonbridge School. He was in Judde House in 1864, Captain of the Football XIII, and one of the Cricket XI in 1