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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online is a biographical register of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Victor Plarr (1863-1929), college librarian, produced the first two volumes which were published after his death in 1930. The ninth volume was published in 2005, taking the total number of biographies published to over 5,000, covering all those Fellows (FRCS) who died between 1844 and 2002. The online edition continues this tradition but brings with it the benefits of modern database management and worldwide networked access.

Records for all deceased former presidents are now available online, and we are in the process of loading their portraits. As yet only a small proportion of other Fellows have entries in the database, but we are currently adding those who have died since 2002.

We hope you will find the information useful. Please send your feedback and comments for future developments to the email address at the bottom of the page.