Ian Robin was a distinguished London ear, nose and throat consultant. He was born at Woodford Green, Essex, on 22 May 1909, the son of Arthur Robin, a Scottish general practitioner, and Elizabeth Parker née Arnold, his American mother. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, in Edinburgh, and a

James Dixon was an ENT surgeon in Glasgow and later Devon. He was born on 28 September 1921 in Trong, Perak, Malaya, where his father, William John Dixon, was working as a doctor. His mother was Grace Gertrude née Holmes. He was educated at St Peter’s, Exmouth, and Epsom College, from which he went

John Groves was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Royal Free, Hampstead General and New End hospitals in London. He studied medicine at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, qualifying MB BS in 1947. He gained his FRCS in 1953. Prior to his consultant appointments, he was a house surgeon at St Mary’s

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

Ivor James Cunningham Frew was a consultant ENT surgeon in Newcastle. He was born in Sheffield on 2 October 1921, the son of William Frew, an area manager of Terry's Chocolate, and Kate Gibb Frew née McGillivray, a housewife. He was educated at Glasgow High School and Liverpool College, then studied

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

Winifred Joan Wadge was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Royal Ear Hospital (University College Hospital) and the Nelson Hospital, Wimbledon. She was born on 22 May 1904 in Ilford, Essex, the second of three children to Frederick Collett Wadge, a solicitor, and Winifred Hardwick Wadge née Shacklock,

Paul Vincent Wadsworth was a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon to the Brighton and Haywards Heath hospitals and, for many years, also principal laryngologist to Glyndebourne Opera. He was born in Harewood, Yorkshire, on 2 November 1919, the son of Joseph Harold Wadsworth, a school master, and

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

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

Marcelle Alpheda Maria MacNamara was a consultant ENT surgeon at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham. She was a lead clinician in head and neck oncology. She was born on 18 September 1958. Her maiden name was Von Schoenberg. She studied medi

Elder son of David Bridge Lees, MD, Physician to St Mary's Hospital, London, was a scholar of St Paul's School, and was admitted with an exhibition to King's College, Cambridge, where he was also a prizeman, on Oct 2nd, 1900, and graduated BA in 1903 after obtaining a 1st class in Part I of the Natu