Peter Richard Barton was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Oxford. 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

John Fieldhouse was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Barnet Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon. 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.

Gordon Robert Seward was a professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the London Hospital Medical College’s dental school and a pioneer in the development of maxillofacial surgery. He was born on 18 December 1925 in London, in the borough of Hackney, the only child of Percy Robert Seward (a mast

Rüdiger Becker was a professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Münster, Germany. 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.

Robert Malcolm Cook was head of the maxillofacial unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia. 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

John Lewis Edwards was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Auckland Hospital, New Zealand. 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

Gordon Brian Summersgill was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon from Worcester.

John Ernest Bowerman was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at the Westminster and Roehampton hospitals. 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

Alexander Souter Davies was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. 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

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.