Samuel Hirsch Janikoun was joint professor of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal Army Medical College. He was born in the East End of London on 12 March 1913 into a Jewish family. He won a scholarship to Hackney Downs Grammar School and from there went on to University College Lo

Joyce Rewcastle Ludlow was a surgeon who spent her working life in Nigeria. She was born Joyce Rewcastle Woods in Sidcup, Kent, on 24 July 1905, the daughter of James Rewcastle Woods, a minister, and Una Marion Pierce née Couch. Both parents were keen members of the Temperance Movement. Joyce studie

Guidubaldo Querci della Rovere was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. Known as 'Uccio', he was born in Venice, Italy, on 27 March 1946 into the ancient and eminent della Rovere family. His family history dates back many centuries and two popes (Julius II and Sixtus IV) were

Prince Selvadurai Selvachandran was head of surgery at the Green Memorial Hospital in Manipay, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, until it was virtually destroyed in the civil war. He was born on 4 January 1938, the son of S S Selvadurai, principal of the American Mission College, Udupiddy, treasurer of the Jaffna

Garrick Graham was a consultant general surgeon in Huddersfield from 1967 to 1993 and chairman of the Huddersfield NHS Trust for many years after 1992 and into his retirement. He was born in Palmerson North, New Zealand, on 15 December 1932. His father, Cecil Davies Graham, worked in life insuran

Born at Penzance, the younger son of Thomas Coulson, master painter in Devon-port Dockyard, and a friend of Humphry Davy. His mother was Catherine Borlase. He was educated, partly at the local Grammar School, and then in Brittany, where he learnt to speak French well. He was apprenticed to a Penzanc

Will Davey wrote the first textbook on surgery in tropical countries. He was born on 28 February 1912 in Dunmurry, near Belfast, in Northern Ireland. His father, Robert, was a minister of religion. His mother was Charlotte née Higginson. One of a family of five, he studied medicine at Queens Univers

Richard Vasey ‘Dick’ Fiddian was a consultant general surgeon at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital from 1964 to 1989. He was born on 6 October 1923 in Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancashire, where his father, James Victor Fiddian, was a general practitioner-surgeon. His mother, Doris Mary née White, came fr

David Gatehouse was a consultant surgeon, first at Shotley Bridge Hospital, Consett, County Durham, and then at Hexham Hospital. He was born in York in 1944 and went on to study medicine at Birmingham University, qualifying in 1968. He held specialist posts in surgery in Birmingham, as a registrar a

Educated at Leeds, University College, London, Paris, and Edinburgh. He practised at Woodlesford near Wakefield in Yorkshire, and afterwards at Southport, Lancs. At the time of his death be was Hon Medical Officer of the Southport Convalescent Hospital and Sea-Bathing Infirmary, and a Certifying Fac

Born in Hull on March 12th, 1824. He came of a family distinguished professionally and as prominent citizens in his native town. His grandfather, Robert Martin Craven (the first), was born on November 11th, 1770 (St Martin's Day), and began to practise in Hull in 1794. He was Sheriff of Hull in 1822

Practised at Canterbury about the year 1847, but is not included in the *Medical Directories* for many years afterwards. He died in or before 1872.