John Dermot Ainslie Common was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary. He studied medicine at Westminster Hospital, where he qualified in 1971. Following his house appointment at the King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, he went to Sierra Leone, where he worked on and wr

Douglas Arthur Langley was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Royal Northern and Whittington hospitals in London. He was born on 18 April 1917 at Woolwich, London, to Arthur Langley, an Army officer, and Laura Elizabeth née Webber. He was educated at Cottingham College, Plumstead, and Woolwich C

Desmond Peel Greaves was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at University College and Moorfields Eye hospitals in London. He was born on 14 December 1920 in the West Riding of Yorkshire to Bernard Peel, an optician, and Beatrice Peel. He was educated at High Storrs Grammar School, Sheffield, and then w

John Winstanley was an ophthalmic surgeon at St Thomas’ Hospital, London. He was born in London on 11 May 1919, the son of Bernard Joseph Winstanley, a captain in the Burma Sappers and Miners, and Grace née Taunton, the daughter of a solicitor. The younger of three sons, he was educated at Stoke Hou

Satya Bhushan Kapur was an ophthalmic surgeon. He was born on 4 March 1920 in Rangoon, Burma, the second child but first son of Lal Chand Kapur, a civil engineer with Burma Railways, and Bhagwanti Devi, whose father was an Ayurvedic physician. He was educated in Rangoon at the primary DAV School and

Born on October 12th, 1804. He was descended from the family which had been Lords of the Manor and owners of estates at Edgbaston and other parts of Worcestershire and Warwickshire from the time of Henry II. He was apprenticed in 1820 to Chawner, a well-known surgeon at Lichfield, and in 1823 entere

Graham Cleverly Pritchard was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at King's College Hospital. His father was a general practitioner in Highgate, London. He studied medicine at Clare College, Cambridge, and King's College Hospital, London, qualifying MB BChir in 1939. At the outbreak of the Second World

Born on 30 November 1875 at Bingley, Yorks, fourth and youngest son of the Rev Albert Hudson, he was educated at Rugby, Trinity College, Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital. After qualification he became house surgeon and then junior and senior ophthalmic house surgeon in succession and finally op

Born on 1 March 1899 in Dalston, Cumberland, he found himself involved at a tender age in the war of 1914-18 during which he served in minesweepers of the Royal Navy, mostly in the Mediterranean. On demobilisation he decided to take up medicine and entered the medical school of Guy's Hospital. After

Born at Lee, Kent 12 August 1866, he was educated at University College School and Hospital, and spent two years on the resident staff at Moorfields, the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital. He sailed for South Africa in 1894 as ship's surgeon in SS *Dunbar Castle*. He practised for three years at Jaco

Born on 3 September 1868 he was educated at Bristol University, where he won the Gilchrist Scholarship, at University College, London and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He became a BSc with honours in physiology at the age of 22, qualifying with the Conjoint diploma the following year. He had from th

Born on 15 December 1901 at Mile End Newtown, he was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, was a house surgeon at the Nottingham and Midland Eye Infirmary, Clinical Assistant at the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, and Chief Assistant at Moorfields. He subsequently became Ophthalmic Surgeon t