Born on 11 February 1867 at Colombo, Ceylon, where his father, William Dumaresq Wright, was colonial treasurer; his mother's maiden name was Amy Braybrooke; he was their second son and third child. He was educated at Appledurcombe College, Isle of Wight, and at Haileybury, and took his medical train

Born 2 May 1868 at Bradford, Yorks, the eldest son of Henry James Cooke, a wool merchant of Summerfield, Ilkley. He was educated at Giggleswick School and matriculated from New College, Oxford, graduating with second-class honours in chemistry in the final school of natural science. He then acted fo

Born on 15 September 1854, the second son of Henry Price, a Guernsey man, and Henrietta Freeman, his wife. He came to Maldon, Essex, in 1861 on a visit to his uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs John Sadd, was sent to school there and received some private tuition in Latin and Greek. When little more than a

Born at Newport, Fife on 26 October 1869, eldest of the four sons and a daughter of John Prain of Dundee and Sara Elizabeth Leay, his wife. His father was afterwards agent of the Pacific Steam Navigation Co at Panama and at Valparaiso, Chile. Prain was educated at Cheltenham College, 1882-88, and at

Born on 22 November 1872 he was trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualified in 1894 and, after serving his Hospital as external midwifery assistant, was gazetted Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service (Bengal) 1896. He saw active service on the North-West Frontier in 1897-98, and was a

Born 17 January 1871, son of G H Clarkson of Caterham, he was educated at St Paul's School where he was a foundation scholar, and at St George's Hospital, where he served as senior house surgeon. He then went as a ship's surgeon with the P and O Company. He practised throughout his career at Caterha

Born on 30 November 1872 eighth child and sixth son of John Briggs, hosiery manufacturer, and Mary Wragg his wife, he was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon. After being house physician at the South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital, Plymouth he was resident medic

Born about 1869, he was educated at King's College Hospital, where he served as surgical registrar. He was clinical assistant at the Royal Eye Hospital, and then settled in practice at 11 The Circus, Bath, where he was appointed surgeon to the Bath Eye and Ear Infirmary. He was also senior anaesthet

Born 3 November 1871 at 8 Bonner's Lane, Bethnal Green, the second child of Edwin Josiah Toye, chemist, and Jane Buggel, his wife. He entered St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1890, where he had a brilliant career. He won the junior and the senior scholarships, and was ophthalmic house surgeon under Henr