The son of a surgeon in good practice in Bath. After a short stay in London he returned to Bath and began professional life as his father’s assistant in the year 1801. On the death of an elder brother, a surgeon, he began to practise on his own account. In 1817 he succeeded his father as surgeon to

Educated at St George’s Hospital, where he was a pupil of Sir Everard Home. He entered the Madras Army in 1802, was promoted to Surgeon in the 16th Regiment in 1824, and retired with the rank of Superintending Surgeon in 1828. Later he practised at 3 Cambridge Terrace, Regent’s Park, and died on Jan

Was apprenticed to Mr Dawe, of Bridgwater, and was educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He practised for many years at Cornhill, Bridgwater, Somerset, where he founded, and was for thirty-three years Surgeon to, the Infirmary. He also practised at Taunton. He died at Torquay, after his retirement,

Entered the Army as Surgeon’s Mate, unattached, on May 26th, 1804; was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 4th Foot on Nov 7th, 1805, was promoted to Staff Surgeon in Portugal under Lieut-General S W Carr Beresford on Aug 17th, 1809, and to the rank of Deputy Inspector of Hospitals in Portugal on Oct

In 1843 was a Fellow of the University of London and a Member of the Senate. He was one of the 300 original Fellows, for officials of other institutions, including the University of London, were thus honoured by the Royal College of Surgeons. At one time he was a member of the Court of Examiners of

Born on Aug 1st, 1778, and entered the service of the HEIC. He was appointed Regimental Mate to the 89th Foot on April 1st, 1797, and a month later, May 1st, became Assistant Surgeon to the same regiment. He was transferred to the 5th Dragoon Guards on Aug 10th, 1799, and was gazetted Surgeon to the

Born in August, 1780, and was gazetted to the Bombay Army as Assistant Surgeon on Nov 23rd, 1805, joining up on May 7th, 1806. He was promoted to Surgeon on July 4th, 1818, to Superintending Surgeon on Jan 11th, 1826, and became a Member of the Medical Board on May 1st, 1832. He retired on May 1st,

Son of Thomas Ransome, manager of Messrs Gurney’s Bank at Norwich. He was born at Norwich on March 4th, 1779, was apprenticed to a surgeon at Lynn, and entering Guy's Hospital became a pupil of Sir Astley Cooper, with whom he was ever afterwards in friendly correspondence. He endeavoured, but unsucc

Born on Dec 26th, 1785, at St Michael’s Hill, Bristol, the son of John Prior Estlin (1747-1817) and his second wife, who had been Miss Bishop. His father was the well-known Unitarian, friend of Coleridge, Southey, and Priestley, who kept a school in a large house at the top of St Michael’s Hill. In

Born on Feb 2nd, 1782. Received his later professional training at St George’s Hospital, where he was entered as a six months’ surgical pupil on Oct 7th, 1814. He had previously seen much active naval and military service. He joined the Royal Navy as Assistant Surgeon on April 4th, 1800, and became

Born on April 5th, 1827, at Upton House, Stoke Newington, then a pleasant suburb of London, the fourth child and second son of Joseph Jackson Lister and Isabella Harris. J Jackson Lister was a port-wine shipper in partnership with Thomas Barton Beck, of Tokenhouse Yard, the grandfather of Marcus Bec

Robin Denham was an orthopaedic surgeon in Portsmouth. He was born on 18 April 1922, and studied medicine at St Thomas’s medical school in London, qualifying in 1945. He was a senior registrar at Rowley Bristow Hospital in Pyrford and at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey. He was subsequently appointed t