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 in Guernsey on 6 May 1868, the second son of the Rev N B Randall, congregational minister, and Mary Domaille of La Villette, Guernsey, his wife. He was educated at Mount Radford School, Exeter, and then after some private teaching went to University College, London. He had a brilliant career at

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 19 November 1865, at Stockton, Wilts, the third child and second son of Richard William Melsome, farmer, and Sophia Dean, his wife. He was educated at Lancing College and at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he took first-class honours in both parts of the Natural Sciences Tripos, 1886 and 1887

Born in London on 8 November 1865, the fourth child and only son of Henry Hugh Armstead, RA (1828-1905), sculptor, for whom see *DNB*, and Sarah his wife, daughter of Henry Tanworth Wells and sister of Henry Tanworth Wells, RA (1828-1903), portrait-painter, for whom see *DNB*. The father's best-know

Born at Greenwich on March 18th, 1869, the eldest child of Dr J P Purvis, of Greenwich, and grandson of Dr Prior Purvis, of Blackheath, who had been one of the first Doctors of Medicine of the University of London. He went to the Roan School, Greenwich, then studied at St Thomas's Hospital, where he

Born on 16 February 1869 at Eccles, near Manchester, the first child of Thomas Clegg, agent, and Elizabeth Gray, his wife. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and at the Victoria University where he graduated MB with honours in 1893, having taken the Conjoint qualification in 1891. Transfer

Born 9 June 1865, third and youngest son of Thomas H Gladstone, DPh and his wife Matilda, daughter of Joshua Field, FRS, a pioneer of large marine steam engines and one of the founders of the Institution of Civil Engineers. His father died when he was six. He was educated at Clapham Grammar School,

Born in London on January 30th, 1869, the son of Francis Wilson Lister and Elizabeth Wishart, only daughter of David Roy, of Glasgow. He was educated at the Haberdashers' Company's School, and received his professional training at Guy's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon in 1893-1894. He was Regis

Born at Masulipatam in South India on December 23rd, 1867, the younger son of the Rev John Sharp, Principal of the Noble College under the Church Missionary Society. Coming to England in 1869, he was brought up at the house of his grandfather, Dr Sharp, FRS, of Rugby, who was instrumental in introdu

Born 26 August 1867 at Repps, Norfolk, the elder son and second child, a sister having died in infancy, of Henry Lack, a gentleman-farmer, and Emily Martha Case, his wife. H L Lack's uncle Thomas Lambert Lack, MRCS 1869, was for many years a well-known practitioner at Hingham near Attleboro' in Norf

Born at Totnes, Devon, the son of T C Kellock, solicitor and ex-Mayor. He was educated at Totnes Grammar School and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was a Mathematical Exhibitioner, and seventh amongst the Senior Op-times in the Mathematical Tripos in 1883, graduating BA in 1884. He received