Gordon Clunie was a pre-eminent figure in the surgical life of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. Born in Fiji, he received his primary school education in Suva and secondary schooling at first in Hamilton New Zealand and later in Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, g

Amarish Jagmohan Parikh was a surgeon who lived and worked in Ahmedabad, India. He was born in Umreth in Gujarat State, India on 2 March 1934, the seventh child and fourth son of Jagmohan Lalbhai Parikh, a civil judge, and Saraswati Parikh née Chokshi. He attended the Government High School, Nadiad,

Kenneth Barker was a general surgeon at Wharfedale General Hospital, Otley, West Yorkshire. Born on 15 November 1930, he studied medicine at Leeds University graduating MB ChB in 1954. After house jobs at the General Infirmary in Leeds he passed the fellowship of the college in 1962 and was appointe

Philip Powley was a consultant surgeon in Swindon. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Kenneth Carroll was born in Australia and studied medicine at Queensland University, qualifying MB, BS in 1956. After house jobs at Gympie General Hospital, he came to the UK and worked at the Gravesend and North Kent Hospital in Gravesend. He became a senior surgical registrar at St Bartholomew’s H

Paul James Gregory Smart was a consultant general surgeon at Worcestershire Royal Infirmary. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

George Weir Johnston was a consultant general surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. He was born into a farming family near Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, the youngest of five sons of Thomas Johnston and Jeannie Johnston née Weir. Whatever aspirations he may have had to be

Denis Keown was a consultant general surgeon in south east Kent. He studied medicine in Glasgow and gained his FRCS in 1962. He died on 9 May 2015, aged 84.

Madhukar Kulkarni was a consultant surgeon in Malaysia. He was born on 4 July 1931 in Nagpur, Maharastra, central India, the son of a general practitioner and the eldest of six children. His third sister also became a surgeon. He studied medicine at the University of Nagpur, where he qualified in 19

James Russell Fergusson Downie (Jim) was born on 5 November, 1932 to George and Gertrude Downie at St Georges Hospital, Kew. He spent his childhood in Auburn attending school firstly at Auburn South Primary School, then Gardenvale, the Melbourne High School where he matriculated with distinction. Th

Gerald Holmes was a surgeon at hospitals in Nigeria, South Africa, the South Pacific and the Middle East. Born on 7 January 1931 in Rotherham, he was the son of John Holmes, a wholesale confectioner, and his wife Lucy née Roome who was a nurse. He was educated by the Jesuits at Mount St Mary’s Colle

Michael Naunton Morgan combined his surgical skills with those of a first class cricketer. The son of Sir Clifford Naunton Morgan, a former vice-president of the college, and his wife Ena Muriel, née Evans, he was born on 15 May 1932 in Marylebone. After attending Marlborough College School, he stud