Brown, Maud Frances Forrester- (1885–1970), orthopaedic surgeon, was born at Wyverndern, The Ridgeway, Enfield, Middlesex, on 15 November 1885, the daughter of James Samuel Brown, civil engineer, and his wife, Emma Laetitia, née Tomkins. No evidence of siblings has been traced. After spending some of her childhood in ...
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Brown, Maud Frances Forrester- (1885–1970), orthopaedic surgeon
John Kirkup
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Charnley, Sir John (1911–1982), orthopaedic surgeon
R. B. Duthie
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Charnley, Sir John (1911–1982), orthopaedic surgeon, was born on 29 August 1911 in Bury, Lancashire, the only son and elder child of Arthur Walter Charnley, pharmacist, and his wife, Lily (née Hodgson), a nurse. He was educated at Bury grammar school...
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Cyriax, James Henry [formerly Hendrik Edgar] (1904–1985), orthopaedic physician
John A. Mathews
Cyriax, James Henry [formerly Hendrik Edgar] (1904–1985), orthopaedic physician, was born on 27 October 1904 at 71 Oakley Street, Chelsea, London, the son of Edgar Ferdinand Cyriax and his wife, Annjuta, formerly Kellgren. Both parents were medical doctors with a practice in ...
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Gauvain, Sir Henry John (1878–1945), children's orthopaedic surgeon
W. J. Bishop
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Gauvain, Sir Henry John (1878–1945), children's orthopaedic surgeon, was born in Alderney on 28 November 1878, the second son of William Gauvain, receiver-general for the island, and his wife, Catherine Margaret, daughter of Peter Le Ber, jurat of Alderney. He was educated at ...
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Girdlestone, Gathorne Robert (1881–1950), orthopaedic surgeon
H. J. Seddon
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Girdlestone, Gathorne Robert (1881–1950), orthopaedic surgeon, was born on 8 October 1881 at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, the only son of the principal, the Revd Robert Baker Girdlestone, later an honorary canon of Christ Church, and his second wife, Mary Matilda, daughter of John Wood...
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Jones, Sir Reginald Watson- (1902–1972), orthopaedic surgeon
George Bentley
Jones, Sir Reginald Watson- (1902–1972), orthopaedic surgeon, was born on 4 March 1902 at 29 Devonshire Place, Brighton, Sussex, the son of Edward Henry Jones, who had a senior position with Dr Barnardo's Homes, and his wife, Alice Maud, formerly Watson. Shortly afterwards the family moved to ...
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Jones, Sir Robert, first baronet (1857–1933), orthopaedic surgeon
Roger Cooter
Jones, Sir Robert, first baronet (1857–1933), orthopaedic surgeon, was born at Rhyl, in north Wales, on 28 June 1857, the eldest child and eldest son of Robert Jones (1836–1875), freelance journalist, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Edward Hughes, of Rhuddlan, Flintshire. In 1873, after three years at ...
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Little, William John (1810–1894), orthopaedic surgeon
George Bentley
Little, William John (1810–1894), orthopaedic surgeon, was born on 7 August 1810 at the Red Lion inn, Red Lion Street, Whitechapel, London, the only son and eldest of three children of John Little, proprietor of the Red Lion inn, and his wife, Hannah...
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Thomas, Hugh Owen (1834–1891), orthopaedic surgeon
Anne Pimlott Baker
Thomas, Hugh Owen (1834–1891), orthopaedic surgeon, was born on 23 August 1834 in Bodedern, Anglesey, the eldest child in the family of five sons and two daughters of Evan Thomas (1804–1884), a bone-setter, of Liverpool, and his wife, Jane, née Owen. His father was seventh in a line of bone-setters descended from a farming family in ...
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Trueta, Josep Anthony (1897–1977), orthopaedic surgeon
R. B. Duthie
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Trueta, Josep Anthony (1897–1977), orthopaedic surgeon, was born in Barcelona, Spain, on 27 October 1897, the elder son and second of three children of Rafel Trueta, physician, and his wife, Mercè Raspall, daughter of a haberdasher. He attended the Barcelona Institute of Secondary Education...
