Sir James William Longman Beament. 17 November 1921 — 10 March 2005

James David Ebert (1921-2001)

James David Ebert studied the developmental processes of chicks and of viruses in the US during the twentieth century. He also helped build and grow many research institutions, such as the Department of Embryology in the Carnegie Institution of Washington [5] in Baltimore, Maryland and the Marine Biological Laboratory [6] (MBL) in Woods Hole [7], Massachusetts. When few biologists studied the b...

Sir William Ramsay

Whither Sir William?

There are times when something is simply so familiar that we can no longer see it at all. It can be a story, or a concept, or even a flesh-and-blood person. Familiarity breeds not only contempt, but a kind of invisibility as well. For too many of us, such is the case with Sir William Osler. In his time (1849–1919), many considered him to be one of the greatest practitioners, teachers, and write...

Sir William Whitla

IT is written in the Bible that wve should take time "to praise famous men and our fathers that begat us." This year-the centenary year of the Ulster Medical Society-seemed an appropriate point of time for such remembrance and reflection. I chose, therefore, the name of one, William Whitla, a past President and benefactor of our Society, as the subject of my address. On 11th December, 1933, Sir...

Sir Walter James Buchanan