He was born on 11 December 1879, the third son of Walter F Adeney, congregational minister at Acton, and Mary J Hampton his wife. W F Adeney was subsequently Chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales; he was a distinguished theologian and Bible critic. Cuthbert Adeney was educated

Born 14 May 1878 at Christchurch, New Zealand, the seventh child and fifth son of Michael O'Brien, who owned a boot-factory there, and his wife Bridget Anne Quinn. He was educated at Christchurch Boys High School, and come to England to take his medical training at Guy's Hospital, where he served as

Born at Llanelly, South Wales on 18 June 1881, second son of Henry Roger Thomas and Edith Anne Thomas, his wife. He was educated at the Friends School, Bootham, entered the Leeds Medical School in 1898, and afterwards studied at the London Hospital, whence he took the London and Conjoint qualificati

Born at Graaff Reinet, Cape Colony on 20 January 1881, son of Walter Henry Lawrence Welchman, MRCS 1877, and Caroline, his wife, sister of Dr G P Baumann. He was educated at St Andrew's College, Grahamstown, at Capetown University, at University College, London, and at Guy's Hospital, where his fath

Born at Birmingham where his father was city treasurer, he was educated at King Edward's School there and trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He held resident posts at the Gordon Hospital, London, and the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, and was resident medical officer under Bland-Sutton at

Born 11 March 1881, second son and second of the eleven children of Robert Milne, MD, of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, and Mary Thompson, his wife. Dr Milne practised at Bow in East London, and was medical director of Dr Barnardo's Homes for orphaned children. One of his daughters became matron of St Ma

Born 15 September 1879 at Blackheath, the third son of William Henry Moore, wool-broker, and Lucy Sugden his wife. He was educated at Avondale School, Clifton, and at Malvern College, and took his medical training at the Bristol Medical School and the London Hospital. He was appointed in 1908 senior

Allan Rigden Finn was born on 23 June 1879. His father William George Finn was a prosperous farmer who resided at Grove House, Faversham, Kent; he and his wife, Ellen Ann Finn had a family of thirteen children, six boys and seven girls, of whom Allan was the youngest boy. He was educated at King's S

Edwin Robert Wheeler was a medical missionary in China, a professor of surgery at Shantung Christian University, Tsinan and superintendent of the University Hospital. He was born in 1878 in Preston, Sussex, the son of Robert Gidley Wheeler, a minister of the free church, and Rachel Wheeler née Rutty

Born at 6 Merrion Square, Dublin, on 12 July 1881, the only son of the seven children of Edward Dillon Mapother and his wife, Ellen, daughter of John Tobin, MP, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. His father, surgeon to St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, professor of anatomy and physiology, and president of the Ro

Born on 6 January 1874 at Ware, second child and eldest son of Millice Culpin LRCP & SEd, and Hannah Munsey his wife. He was educated at the Grocers Company's School, where he acquired his life-long interest in entomology. His father emigrated to Taringa, Queensland, Australia in search of health an

Sir Eardley Lancelot Holland had been senior obstetrician and gynaecologist to the London Hospital for 20 years. In 1943 he was elected the fifth President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. His academic achievements were many and deservedly he was regarded as one of the most