Henry Herbert Evans Batten was a GP in Cambridge. He was born in London on 8 January 1920, the son of Herbert Ernest Batten FRCS, consultant orthopaedic surgeon to Charing Cross Hospital, and Margaret Elizabeth Evans. He was educated at Westminster and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was a keen oarsman, captained the first boat and was a member of the Leander and Hawks clubs. He did his clinical training at St Mary's, where he continued to row, and was captain of the United Hospitals Boat Club. After house jobs at St Mary's, he was registrar at the Princess Louise Hospital and St Mary's. He then served in the RAMC in India, Kenya and Mauritius. On his return he forsook surgery for general practice in Cambridge. There he specialised in the care of students, and was a co-founder of the Cambridge student counselling service. In his spare time he continued to coach rowing. He was an examiner for the Civil Aviation Authority and served on medical boards for war pensions and industrial injuries. He retired due to ill health in 1976, taking up gardening and water-colour painting. He married Mary in 1945; they had a son (also a doctor) and two daughters. He died on 27 August 1998 after a stroke.