The following was published in volume 5 of Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Born at Poona in India on 5 September 1900 son of Denis Collins (afterwards Major-General) RAMC, he was educated at Stoneyhurst College, Pembroke College Cambridge, and King's College Hospital Medical School, whence he qualif

Born in 1822 and baptized on April 5th of that year; son of Joseph Smith, of Kempsey, Worcestershire. He joined the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on March 19th, 1845, being promoted Surgeon on February 21st, 1859; Surgeon Major on March 19th, 1865; and Deputy Inspector-General when in charge of t

Born on 28 September 1871, eldest child and only son of Hugh Ainsworth and his wife Mary Wright Joynson, he was educated at Owen's College and the Royal Infirmary, Manchester, qualifying in 1895 with first-class honours and serving as house physician; he was also assistant medical officer at the Mon

Born on 21 December 1858, he was educated at University College, London and took honours at the final MB examination in 1884. He took the Fellowship in 1885 and was gazetted Surgeon in the Indian Medical Service on the Bengal establishment on 1 October 1885. He was promoted Surgeon-Major in 1897, an

Mohammed Sharif was a military doctor in the Pakistan, a World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Africa and ultimately director of UNRWA (the United National Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East) operations on the West Bank. He was born on 7 January 1912 in Nab

Born at Kilkeel, Co Down he received his medical education at Trinity College and the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, the London Hospital, Guy's Hospital and Vienna. Entering the regular Naval Medical Service he reached the rank of Surgeon-Captain and acted as a surgeon at various times at RN Hospitals a

Biggar was born at Gateshead and received his medical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital; while there he won the junior and senior Platt Scholarships; the Matthew Duncan Prize; the Herbert Prize; the Parkes Memorial Prize; and a silver medal at the first Montefiore Prize. He held a number of r

Colonel John Talbot Dunn was director of medical services for the Australian Army. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 8 October 1927, the son of Talbot Lewis Dunn, a doctor, and Leonore Aroha Meyer. In 1954 he was working at the Royal Newcastle Hospital, New South Wales. He then went to

John Francis Iffland was born in Salonika, Greece, on 22 June 1931 and, after early education at Palmer's School, Grays, Essex, and at Minster House School, Upminster, was admitted to the London Hospital Medical College. He qualified in 1954 and after early house officer appointments joined the Roya

Nothing is known of the career of Lieutenant-General Mohammed Abdul Majid who became a Fellow of the College in 1952. He died in Poona on 14 July 1990 survived by his wife Dr J D Majid.

Stanley Miles was born on 14 August 1911 in Sheffield the son of Thomas Currier Miles, a company director and his wife Florence Edna, née Law. He went to school at King Edward VII School before entering Sheffield University, where he qualified in 1936. After house appointments in Sheffield he joined

Robert Alexander Stephen was born in Elgin, Morayshire, on 20 June 1907, the son of James Alexander Stephen, MB, ChB, DPH a general practitioner who later became the first medical officer of health for mother and child welfare in Aberdeen. He was educated at East End School in Elgin and Aberdeen Gra