Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital and practised at Lancaster, where he was Surgeon to the Dispensary, which later became the Infirmary. He was also President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Branch of the British Medical Association. He died at Thornbreaks, Lancaster, on July 8th, 1891. His son, Wi

After qualifying from St James’s Hospital, Leeds, Ivor Fussey studied neurophysiology for nine years, gaining his PhD in 1972, during which time he devised platinum microelectrodes that could be implanted in the brain and used to locate vagal afferent impulses. After this experience he decided to sp

Kevin Cronin was born on 24 July 1925, the son of M J Cronin, a general practitioner. He was educated at the Beaumont School, Berkshire, and entered the London Hospital Medical College in 1942. After qualifying, he completed house jobs in neurosurgery under Douglas Northfield, chest medicine under L

Edward Thomas Ernest Hamilton ('Freddy Hamilton'), born at Rathgar near Dublin, the son of a naval surgeon, entered Guy's Hospital in 1886, and greatly distinguished himself as a student. He was House Surgeon to Sir Henry Howse (qv), and Resident Obstetric Assistant, then Assistant Medical Officer,

Studied at Edinburgh University, and was House Surgeon to the Chalmers Hospital. He was later House Surgeon at the Northern Hospital, Liverpool, and to the Infirmary for Children there. Subsequently he was appointed Surgeon to the Northern Hospital, Medical Officer to the Cathcart Orphanage, and Med

Arnold Gourevitch was a consultant surgeon in Birmingham. He was born in Paris on 24 February 1914, the son of Russian Jewish émigrés. At the outbreak of the first world war his parents fled to England, eventually settling in Birmingham. His father, Mendel, later qualified as a doctor and became a g

Fred Graves was a general surgeon in Staffordshire with an interest in urology. He was born in Hereford in 1919, later studied medicine at University College Hospital and specialised in surgery at King’s College Hospital. He was subsequently appointed consultant general surgeon at Staffordshire Gene

Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and practised at Chertsey, Surrey, where he was Physician to the Welsh Schools at Ashford, Middlesex. He retired and lived for many years at 21 Stafford Terrace, Phillimore Gardens, Kensington, where he died on July 18th, 1888.

Born at Tyninghame, East Lothian; attended the Edinburgh High School, and in 1857 entered the University while Syme was Professor of Surgery - with Lister assisting and commencing his original work. A cousin being in practice in Cheshire may have led Hardie in 1863 to settle in practice at Harpurhey

Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and practised as one of the firm of Harding & Hewer, later Harding, Hewer & Calthorp, at several addresses in London: 6 Mylne Street, Myddelton Square; 13 Spencer Street, Northampton Square; and Sandford House, Highbury New Park, where he acted as Surgeon to the

Studied at University College, London, and the Middlesex Hospital, at the latter becoming House Surgeon. He practised first at 66 High Street, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, where he was medical officer to the Dispensary and to the Stour-bridge District Union. He next moved to London and practised at

Ron Rhind was a general surgeon with an interest in urology based in Hartlepool. He was born in Calcutta on 7 July 1943, where his father, James Albert Rhind, was a general surgeon. His mother was Dorothy Cornelia née Jones. From Sedbergh School Ron went to Leeds to study medicine and did house jobs