Born on 16 July 1890, the third child and only son of James Hunter, a shipbroker, and Mary Hood, his wife; his parents both died while he was a child. He was brought up by his aunts at Ayr, and sent to Bedford School, where he proved a good Rugby player, and to St John's College, Cambridge, where he

Born at Nantwich on July 20th, 1816, the third son of John Eddowes Bowman, banker, and Fellow of the Linnean Society, by Elizabeth, daughter of William Eddowes, of Shrewsbury. His father was a good artist, drawing the illustrations for his scientific papers, whilst his mother had some talent as a dr

Born on 20 June 1864 son of Lionel Smith Beale FRS, FRCP, Professor of Medicine at King's College, London, and Frances his wife, daughter of the Rev Peyton Blakiston FRCP, he was educated at Westminster School and King's College, London. He was a house surgeon 1889-90 at King's College Hospital, whe