Born on 30 March 1878 at Hales, Staffordshire the son of Captain John Edward Hughes RN, he was educated at Eastman's Royal Naval Academy and at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he was bracketed fifth junior optime in the Mathematical Tripos, part I, in 1900, and then became a schoolmaster. He soon d

Born at Dewsbury, Yorkshire, the second child and second son of Benjamin Hepworth, woollen manufacturer, and his wife, *née* Haley. He was educated at the Wheelwright Grammar School, Dewsbury, and won a scholarship at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took first-class honours in the Natural Sci

Born on 30 December 1877 at Garforth, near Leeds, Yorkshire, son of Sir John Ward and his wife, *née* Brambles. His father afterwards became Lord Mayor of Leeds. He was educated in Switzerland and at Clare College, Cambridge, and took first-class honours in both parts of the Natural Sciences Tripos,