Born at Sheffield on 13 November 1882, the third child and second son of Alfred Reckless, MRCS 1873, and Helena Herbert Hall, his wife. He was educated at Bedford College, at the Sheffield Medical School, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He served as junior house surgeon at Sheffield Royal

Born in London, 9 March 1861, the thirteenth child and sixth son of Robert Faulder White, advertising agent, and Elizabeth Mitton Shearburn, his wife. He was educated at King William's College, Isle of Man, and at St Mary's Hospital, London, where he was resident medical officer. He practised for a

Born 29 July 1861, the second son and youngest of the five children of Evan Thomas, a farmer, of Cefn Banal in the parish of Llanbadarn Odwyn, Cardiganshire, and Catherine Richards, his wife. David Thomas received an elementary education at the Ystradmeurig Grammar School, and from the age of twelve

Daphne Mary Scott was a medical officer for Family Planning Association (FPA) clinics in Croydon, Westminster and Oxted. She was born in Ealing, London, on 2 April 1919, the elder daughter of Sir Harold Richard Scott, a civil servant, and Ethel Mary Scott née Golledge. Scott's father was in charge o

Born in Edinburgh on 27 November 1870, the third child and second son of Alexander Dick, grain merchant of Leith, and Catherine Lawson, his wife. He was educated at Stewarts College and the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated MB CM winning the university medals in midwifery and gynaecology,

Born at West Norwood, London, on 19 March 1903, the second son of John Sidney Price, an official in the General Post Office, and his wife, *née* Wilson. He was educated at Purley County Secondary School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was orthopaedic house surgeon. He qualified in 1926, and

Born 15 September 1867 at Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia, third child and second son of Samuel Scrase, a railroad engineer, and Martha Sheat, his wife. His parents came back to England while he was still an infant. He was educated at Bristol, and indentured to Mr Chandler, his future father-in-law

Born at Shooter's Hill, Blackheath, SE, on 24 July 1877, the second son and second child of Colonel Joseph Sladen, RA, JP and DL for Kent and the Cinque Ports, and his wife Lady Sarah Lambart, daughter of the eighth Earl of Cavan. He was educated privately, at Ripple Court near Dover, and at the Lon

Born 19 February 1879, the eldest son of Edward John Smith, banker, of Bridlington, Yorkshire, and Mary Hewgill, daughter of Dr Hewgill of Repton. He was educated at Pocklington, at the Yorkshire College, Leeds, and at the London Hospital, where he served as house surgeon, after winning scholarships

The younger son of Henry Smith, professor of systematic surgery, when Sir Joseph (afterwards Lord) Lister was professor of clinical surgery, at King's College, London. Hugh Smith was educated at King's College, of which he was afterwards an Associate, and at King's College Hospital, where he was hou

Born in South Australia in 1859 he was educated at Hahndorf College and graduated from the University of Adelaide. He then came to England, entered Queen's College, Birmingham, and acted as demonstrator of physiology at Mason's Science College in that city. After taking out postgraduate courses in D

Born in Eastern Bengal, 23 June 1878, the sixth child and second son of Frederick William Joseph Rees, of the Bengal civil service, and Alice Hawthorn Heathcote, his wife. He was educated at Haileybury and the Middlesex Hospital, where he won a prize in anatomy and in 1899 a second-year exhibition,