general and therapeutic practice

Alexander, Frederick Matthias (1869–1955), originator of the Alexander technique and teacher, was born on 20 January 1869 at Wynyard, north-west Tasmania, the eldest of seven children of John Alexander (1843–1936), farmer and blacksmith, and his wife, Betsy Brown (d. 1923), a nurse....

Brown, James Jackson (1882–1953), general practitioner and cricketer, was born on 9 October 1882 in Jamaica, one of nine children of Thomas Brown, sugar planter. Both parents died when he was young, but their estate in St Thomas, managed by a man named ...

Ferris, Elizabeth Anne Esther [Liz] (1940–2012), diver, doctor, and campaigner for gender equality in sport, was born on 19 November 1940 at the Mary Stanley Nursing Home in Bridgwater, Somerset, the second of three daughters and third of four children of Roy Ferris (1903–1975)...

Grace, William Gilbert [W. G.] (1848–1915), cricketer and medical practitioner, was born on 18 July 1848 at Clematis House, close to the family home of Downend House, Downend, Mangotsfield, near Bristol. He was the fourth son, in a family of nine, of Dr Henry Mills Grace (1808–1871)...

Lovelock, John Edward [Jack] (1910–1949), athlete and physician, was born on 5 January 1910 at Crushington, near Reefton, New Zealand, the son of John Edward Jones Lovelock (1869–1923), a goldmine battery superintendent, and his wife, Ivy Evelyn, née Harper (1883–1959). He had a sister and younger brother. His father, never in good health, died in 1923 while manager of the ...

Rattray, John (1707–1771), golfer and physician, was born on 22 September 1707 at Craighall Castle, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, the second son of Thomas Rattray (1684–1743), Scottish Episcopal bishop of Dunkeld, and Margaret (c.1690–1737), daughter of Thomas Galloway, second Baron Dunkeld. In 1728 he was apprenticed to ...

Salter, John Henry (1841–1932), sportsman and general practitioner, was born on 14 July 1841 at Arundel, Sussex, the son of Henry Salter (1809–1849), surveyor, of Arundel, and his wife, Catherine Alexandrina, née Wilson (1814–1909). His diary was kept from 1849 to 1932. He remembered ...

Somervell, (Theodore) Howard (1890–1975), medical missionary and mountaineer, was born on 16 April 1890, the eldest of three children and elder son of William Henry Somervell, of Brantfield, Kendal, and his wife, Florence Howard. W. H. Somervell was then directing the affairs of ...

Tredgold, Roger Francis (1911–1975), physician and fencer, was born on 23 October 1911 in Guildford, Surrey, the son of Alfred Frank Tredgold (1870–1952), physician, and his wife, Zoë Hanbury (d. 1947). He was educated at Winchester College and at Trinity College, Cambridge...