‘Back-room’ and lay pioneers of the specialty

In London especially there were a handful of back-room staff that were essential for the newly established discipline of tropical medicine to get off the ground. Sir Rubert William Boyce (1863–1911) and Sir Alfred Jones both took a prominent role in the foundation of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Boyce was the first Dean of the School. David Charles Rees was the first Superintendent and medical tutor of the London School at the Albert Dock Hospital. Rees was largely responsible for the School's curriculum and syllabus, which apparently remained unaltered for many years. Charles Wilberforce Daniels (1862–1927) was a lecturer at the (Royal) London and St George's Hospitals, and the London School of Medicine for Women. Hugh Basil Greaves Newham served as a ship's surgeon. Having obtained the DPH in 1900, he spent six years in general practice in Liverpool.