Laurence, the consultant who developed Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery services in Somerset, a gifted postgraduate educator, passed away on 2 October 2019. Born in 1931, the son of a headmaster, he was educated at Ashby Grammar School. He graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1955, follow

Robert Paul Jonathan Thompson was a consultant in oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester. 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

Dennis Leveson Wedgwood was professor and chairman of the division of oral surgery at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. 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

El-Amir El-Zaher El-Attar was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Glasgow. 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

David Rodd James was a consultant maxillofacial surgeon in the maxillofacial unit, University College Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital, and an honorary consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Eastman Dental Hospital, London.

Patrick Leonard James was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at the London Hospital.

David Edward Hamilton Glendinning was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Grantham and District Hospital.

Iain McVicar was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham. 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

Alex Bird died on 6 November 2002, aged 75. Born in Johannesburg, Alex Bird studied dentistry at the University of Witwatersrand. At an early stage, he developed an interest in oral surgery, working with Lester Brown at Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg. This was to shape his future career.

William Lamb, known as ‘Bill’, was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and Peterborough District Hospital from 1971 to 2003. He was born in Charlton, London, to Harold Theodore Lamb, a captain in the Merchant Marine, and Rhoda Mary Lamb née Clark, a hea

Bob Woodwards was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at the Royal Blackburn Hospital. 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

Born in Sunderland on 30 April 1932, Russell Hopkins went to dental school in Newcastle, followed by dental practice in Hartlepool, Cambridge, Salisbury, and Southern Rhodesia developing an interest in general anaesthesia. Returning to an SHO post at Nottingham General Hospital including maxillofaci