Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows

David Annis was a consultant surgeon at Liverpool's Royal Infirmary. His father was a Polish Jew who emigrated from England to Canada and served with distinction in the Canadian Army during the first world war, being decorated for his conduct at Vimy Ridge. After the war, he returned to England to s

Douglas Harold Barnbrook, known as 'Barney', was a consultant general surgeon and professor of anatomy at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He studied medicine at Birmingham University, gaining his MRCS LRCP in 1946. He passed his FRCS in 1951 and in the same year emigrated to H

Vijay Chand Berdia was a general surgeon in North Carolina, USA. He was born in Gotegaon, Madhya Pradesh, India on 23 September 1935, the son of Seth Nandram Beria, a landlord and grain merchant, and Paras Bai Beria née Oswal. He was educated at the Municipal High School, Gotegaon, Maharashtra High

William Henry Bickersteth, entered in the College Calendar as Henry Bickersteth, was born in 1813 and became distinguished both as a Physician and as Surgeon to the Somerset Hospital, Cape Town. He died at Cape Town on Aug 6th, 1862, and in the Medical Circular (1865, NS. xxvi, 447) there appeared t

Born at Ayr on April 1st, 1774, and entered the Army Medical Department as Surgeon's Mate in the 42nd Highlanders in 1792. He was promoted to the Staff in 1793, and made two campaigns in Flanders under the Duke of York. He then proceeded to the West Indies with the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers and did

Born in October, 1816, the son of William Boyes, merchant, of London. He entered the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on Aug 1st, 1841, being promoted Surgeon to the 2nd Bengal Calvary on October 8th, 1855. He was officiating Medical Storekeeper at Cawnpore when the Indian Mutiny broke out, and succ

Robert William Bucholz was an orthopaedic surgeon and professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, and a former president of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He was born on 31 July 1947 in Omaha, Nebraska. His father was a physician who practised inter

Henry Vernon Crock (known as Harry) was a pioneering Australian spinal surgeon. He was born in Perth, Western Australia on 14 September 1929, the son of Vernon Crock and Annie Crock née Doyle. He studied medicine at the University of Melbourne with his identical twin brother Gerard William Crock, wh

Michael Crowson was consultant surgeon to Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield. He was born in Lincoln on 17 December 1953. His father Dennis Crowson was a Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force. His mother was Helen née Ahearn. His education took place at many different schools, as his father was p

In the *Dictionary of National Biography* Daniell is stated to have been born at Liverpool in 1818, but Johnston in his *Roll* gives his birth as on November 19th, 1819, at Salford. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1841, and joined the medical service of the Army as Assistant S

Born 23 April 1885 at Leicester, the eleventh child and sixth son of Edward Daniels, assessor of water rates, and his wife Elizabeth Ann Woodcock. His elder brother Frederic William was also a Fellow of the College. D W Daniels was educated at Wyggeston School, Leicester, Mary's Hospital Medical Sch

Born in October 1818, the son of John Diaper, of Portsmouth. He entered the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on Dec 25th, 1840, and saw active service in Central India, taking part in the operations in Bandalkund during 1842. He was promoted Surgeon on February 1st, 1855, was Field Surgeon to the Ca