Article by Arthur Rook reprinted from Medical History Jan. 1971. Comprises biographies of the following: Thomas Thackeray, 1736-1806, surgeon at Cambridge; Frederic Thackeray, 1774-1852, surgeon and physician at Cambridge; Joseph Thackeray, 1784-1832, physician at Bedford; Frederic Thackeray, 1736-1782, physician at Windsor; Thomas Thackeray, 1767-1853, surgeon in India; William Makepeace Thackeray, 1770-1849, physician at Chester. Illustrated.