Nicholas Chandos Bland was a consultant ENT surgeon in Birmingham. He was born in Birmingham in 1932. His mother was Alice Harvey, Birmingham born and bred. He stayed in the city to study medicine, qualifying in 1956, and gaining his diploma in child health in 1959. After qualifying, he was resid

Paul Abbey was a consultant ENT surgeon in the Windsor area. He was born on 6 January 1920 in Stoke Newington, London, the son of M Abbey, who had arrived in the UK in 1911 from Lodz in Poland. He was the youngest of four children – there were two older brothers and one older sister. The family live

Francis Douglas Martinson was professor of otorhinolaryngology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He was born on 15 October 1916 in Kumasi, Ghana. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, qualifying in 1942. He was a house physician and resident anaesthetist at Leith Hospital, Edinbur

Peter Milling was senior surgeon at the Royal Ear Hospital, Huntley Street, then part of University College, London, and a hidden treasure of ENT wisdom. He was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad on 1 April 1916, the elder son of Frederick William Milling, a Yorkshireman, who, after gaining a degree in

Peter Timmis was appointed consultant ENT surgeon at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital, West Herts Hospital, and Hemel Hempstead and Hitchen Hospital in 1960. He was born on 30 September 1922 to Colin Timmis, a mechanical engineer, and Sarah Ellen Timmis née Pyatt, and was educated at Chesham Prepar

Claude ('Petal') Neville d'Este Eastes was a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon in Sussex. He was born in Canada and in 1942 qualified in medicine at Guy's Hospital. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, travelling to East Africa, Madagascar, India and Ceylon. H

Born in 1876, the second son of James Connolly, of Putney. He was educated at the Royal Academical Institution and at Queen's College, Belfast, whence he went on to the University of Edinburgh. He received his professional training at the University and Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and al

John Leach Wakelin trained at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, where he became senior registrar in the ENT department. In 1944 he is recorded as serving in the RAMC as a lieutenant. In the 1971 *Medical Directory*, he is listed as being an honorary consultant ENT surgeon to the Bulawayo Government Ho

Robin Francis McNab Jones, a much-respected leading ENT surgeon, was a consultant at both St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, where for five years he also served as dean of the Institute of Laryngology and Otology (from 1971 to 1976). He was born

Born 14 July 1878 at Aberdeen, the fifth son of Samuel Tawse, merchant, and Amelia Hackney, his wife. He was educated at Gordon's College, Aberdeen, at Aberdeen University, where he graduated with honours, at King's College, London, and at the London Hospital. After being house surgeon at the Throat

Betsy Brown was a consultant ENT surgeon at Bradford Royal Infirmary. She was born on 15 February 1923 in Glasgow, the second daughter of Robert and Isabella Brown. Her father was a master builder, her mother a legal secretary until she married. Together with her sister and brother, Betsy attended H

Tom Lo was a consultant ENT surgeon in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. He was born in Hong Kong, the son of a solicitor, Man Wai Lo, a member of the Legislative Council and, with his brother Sir Man Kam Lo, co-founder of the law firm of Lo & Lo. Tom's education was interrupted when he was 14 by the Japane