Sir Frederick Treves
1853 – 1923
Surgeon, who attended the London Hospital Medical College. He performed the first appendectomy in England in 1888, was friend and physician to Joseph Merrick (the Elephant Man) and was the first President of the Clubs Union (precursor to current Students’ Association).
Sir James Paget
1814 - 1899
Pathologist, who entered as a student at the St Bartholomew’s Hospital in 1834. He is considered one of the founders of scientific medical pathology and gave his name to several medical conditions first described by him, notably Paget’s disease of the bone.