Born at Blackheath, Kent, on 11 September 1869, the seventh child and second son of Charles Pantin, wholesale merchant, and Ella Satchell, his wife. He was educated at Blackheath Proprietary School, and at Guy's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon. He was also house surgeon and house physicia

Born 12 July 1869 at Romford, Essex, the fourth child and third son of Octavius George Daldy, coal and timber merchant, and his wife, *née* Mantell. He was educated at Cranbrook School, Kent, and at Guy's Hospital, and was awarded a gold medal at the London University MB BS examination. Daldy was in

Born in London on 20 October 1866, second child and eldest son of Paul Augustus Hepburn, member of a firm of tanners, and Mary his wife, daughter of Henry John Langton. Mrs Hepburn's youngest brother was John Langton, surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital. P A Hepburn was the eldest son of his parent

Born 30 April 1869, eldest of the eleven children of Alfred Sheen, MD, MRCS, surgeon to Cardiff Royal Infirmary, and Harriet Nell, his wife. A younger brother rose to be an engineer rear-admiral, Royal Navy. Their father is reputed to have performed the first successful ovariotomy at Cardiff. Educat

Born 28 July 1867 at Stanley House, Clapton, Middlesex, the fourth son and seventh child of Charles Ballance and Caroline Hendebrouck Pollard, his wife. His three elder brothers entered the medical profession, the eldest being Sir Charles Ballance, surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital, noticed above.

Born on 18 January 1868 in Cornwall the son of Captain Henry Rogers RN, he was educated at Plymouth College and St Mary's Hospital where he passed the final examination for the Fellowship at the age of 24 while holding the post of resident obstetric officer. He then entered the Indian Medical Servic