James William Hinton was born in Reedville, Virginia, in 1894 and attended the University of Virginia where he graduated MD in 1919. He then went to the Postgraduate Hospital in New York for his surgical training and was later appointed to the consultant staff at the hospital, and at the Bellevue Ho

Born at Windsor, Nova Scotia he graduated in Arts at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and qualified in medicine and surgery at McGill University, Montreal in 1909, and undertook postgraduate study there. Coming to England for further training he took the Fellowship in 1914, and was commis

John Alvah MacDougall qualified in medicine from Manchester in 1934. He settled in Vancouver, Canada, where he became surgeon to the Vancouver General Hospital and to the British Columbia Cancer Institute. He was Clinical Associate Professor to the department of surgery at the University of British

Harold Francis Mowat spent much of his career as surgeon to the International Nickel Company of Canada Hospital at Copper Cliff, Ontario. He died on 20 March 1980, survived by his wife, Dr Margaret A Mowat (nee Riddell), and daughters Margaret, Frances and Kathryn.

Donald Patrick Robertson qualified MD from Manitoba University in 1938. He passed the FRCS in 1947. He was surgeon to the Public General Hospital and St Joseph's Hospital in Chatham, Ontario, before joining the surgical staff of the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital in Huntsville, Ontario. He

Born in Urmia, Persia on 2 September 1881 he graduated from Columbia University, New York in 1908 and subsequently became Valentine Mott Professor of Surgery there at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He served throughout his career on the staff of the Presbyterian Hospital, New York and was D

Walter Campbell MacKenzie was born in 1909 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. He went to school in Sydney and Baddeck and to Dalhousie University. He graduated BSc in 1929, MD, ChM in 1933 and was awarded the Malcolm Honour Society Medal as the outstanding graduate in his year. He was a resident at the Roya

John Dunphy was one of the group of North American surgeons who did so much to form a bond of lasting friendship with young and old Fellows of the College after the second world war. Born in Northampton, Massachusetts, John Dunphy was educated at the Holy Cross College (SJ) and at the Harvard Medica

Jacques Turcot came from a Canadian family with a long medical tradition. He was Associate Professor of Surgery at Laval University, where he had trained at the medical school. He gained a great reputation for his work as a skilful general surgeon at L'Hôtel-Dieu de Quebec, especially for his long-t

Owen Harding Wangensteen, the son of a farmer, was born at Lake Park, Minnesota, USA, on 21 September 1885. He always wanted to become a farmer and was fond of relating how he decided to become a doctor instead. When he was a high school junior, he had the opportunity to help fifty of his father's s

Henry Lorenz Eaton was a surgeon who lived in Western Australia. He gained his FRCS in 1963. He died in 2011.

William George Dismore Upjohn was born in Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, on 16 March 1888. His mother Jane Mackenzie was the daughter of a cabinet maker and his father, George Dismore Upjohn, was a jeweller. He studied at Wesley College, Melbourne, and at the University of Melbourne where he