Isabella Forshall was born and spent her childhood in affluent surroundings in Sussex. Details of her family are not recorded but she was educated privately at home where her mother, who read classics at Girton College, Cambridge in the 1890s, had a powerful influence, imbuing her with a keen apprec

Conrad Latto was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. He was born on 3 March 1915, the son of David and Christina Latto. His father was the town clerk of Dundee, his mother a frugal Scot who scrupulously saved towards the education of their three sons. Conrad, Gordon and Do

Gordon Bohn was a consultant general surgeon at the Royal Berkshire and Battle hospitals, Reading. He was born in Forest Gate, London, on 17 February 1913, the son of Leonard Gayton Bohn, a ship-owner, and Sophia Bohn (née Cattermole). From the County High School, Ilford, he went to the medical scho

The Reverend Hugh Marshall Williams was an orthopaedic surgeon in Huddersfield and later a priest. Born in July 1938 he studied medicine at London University and Charing Cross Hospital. He qualified MB, BS in 1962 and passed the conjoint examination that same year. After house jobs at the Chester Ro

Robert Marshall Laird was born on 4 February 1919. He studied medicine at Queen’s University Belfast, qualifying MB, BCh, BAO in 1942 and working there as a demonstrator in physiology. He served as a flight lieutenant in the RAFVR. After house jobs at Preston Royal Infirmary, he passed the fellowshi

As professor of surgery at the University of Sheffield, Richard Wood was an academic surgeon who was recognised internationally in the fields of transplantation and vascular surgery. He was a founding fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1998), a founding member of the British Transplantation

Lena McEwan was the first woman to specialize in plastic surgery in Australia, and did so with much distinction. She was born on 11 August 1927 in South Australia. Her parents were recent immigrants from Glasgow, and when Lena and her mother conversed in demotic Glaswegian, they became totally incom

Nunn received his medical education at the University of Adelaide, qualifying MB BS there in 1951. He came to Britain and passed the Fellowship examination in 1957, before returning to Australia, where he practised at Claremont, WA. He was staff specialist at the Royal Perth Hospital in 1959 and als

Son of Abraham Horsfall, of Leeds. He matriculated at University College, Oxford, in October, 1859, and took a pass degree. He was afterwards a student and House Surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital, in connection with which he published "Tetanus - a Case at St Bartholomew's" in the *Lancet* (1867,

Entered the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on March 31st, 1805; he was promoted Surgeon on March 22nd, 1818, Superintending Surgeon on July 24th, 1833 and on March 1st, 1843, was made a member of the Medical Board and Inspector-General of Hospitals. He was promoted to Surgeon General on July 23rd,

Born in Aberdeen on March 8th, 1809; he studied at Aberdeen, also in London at the School in Great Windmill Street, and at Joshua Brookes's in Blenheim Street. He became one of the foremost London practitioners, practising first in Greek Street, Soho, then at 3 Bedford Square, London, WC. In conjunc

Studied at the London Hospital, and was afterwards for a time Resident Surgeon at the General Lunatic Hospital, Northampton. Then for many years he was Medical Superintendent of the Female Department of the County Asylum, Colney Hatch, Middlesex. In retirement he lived at 72 Bromfelde Road, where he