Herbert Gordon Easton was born in 1916 and first began attending the University of Glasgow in 1934 to study medicine. Over five years he took classes in Chemistry, Physics, Zoology, Anatomy, Botany, Physiology, Surgery, Materia Medicine, Pathology, Public Health, Medical Jurisprudence, Midwifery and Mental Diseases. Easton graduated with an MB ChB in 1939, before gaining his MD in 1954. Herbert Gordon Easton went on to become a general practitioner.
From the guide to the Papers of Herbert Gordon Easton, b 1916, medical graduate, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1934, (Glasgow University Archive Services)