Born on 28 March 1888 at Corbar NSW son of a schoolmaster, he was educated at Sydney Grammar School and Sydney University. Qualifying in 1911 he was appointed RMO at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and in 1912 he became a demonstrator of anatomy. In 1914 he joined the Australian Expeditionary

Stanley Way was born in Portsmouth on 16 January 1913, the son of a naval officer and after early education entered the Middlesex Hospital for his clinical studies, qualifying in 1936. During his early years he was greatly influenced by the example of Victor Bonney and acquired a lifelong interest i

David Howell was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Sydney. 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

Donald Gebbie was the foundation professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Nairobi. 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

Catherine Hamlin, Australia’s most renowned obstetrician and gynaecologist, co-founded Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia with her husband Reginald Hamlin, a healthcare network treating women who suffer from the debilitating effects of obstetric fistula – a horrific childbirth injury. To say Catherine was a

Liam Hugh Wright was born in Taranaki, New Zealand in December 1926. His father, William John Wright, fought in the first world war. His mother, Stella née Hickey had been the headmistress of Opunake School but retired from teaching after her marriage as the couple embarked on running the family far

Stanley Hans was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Harlow, Essex.

Gerald Manly was a senior obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Mercy Hospital for Women in Melbourne. 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

Alan Gerald Amias was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at St George’s Hospital, London. Having spent his early years in the East End of London where he was born on 25 June 1929, he was evacuated to Bedford when he was eleven years old to escape the Blitz. Although he managed to gain swift

Ralph Robinson was an obstetrician and gynaecologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. 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 Daniel Crowley was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He was born in Greymouth, New Zealand on 18 July 1926, and was educated at St Bede’s College in Christchurch during the Second World War. He then studied medicine at Otago, qualifying in 1952. He went to t

Educated at the Pine Street Royal School of Medicine in Manchester, which was also known as Mr Turner’s School, and gained the Turner Scholarship in three successive years – 1868-1869, 1869-1870, and 1870-1871. He settled in the Ardwick District of Manchester, where he was in general practice until