Paul Foggitt was an orthopaedic surgeon in Burton upon Trent. Born on 18 October 1932 in Rawdon near Leeds, he was the son of George Herbert Foggitt, an architect, and his wife Ivy née Roberts. After attending Leeds Grammar School he studied medicine at the University of Leeds Medical School graduat

Kenneth Leslie George Mills, known as ‘Ken’, was an orthopaedic surgeon in Aberdeen. Born in Birmingham on 16 August 1929, his parents were Leslie Charles Mills, an insurance manager, and Grace Mills née Peel. He attended Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield and then Glasgow High School

Michael Freeman, an orthopaedic surgeon at the London Hospital, is best remembered for his contributions to lower limb arthroplasty. He was the only son of Donald George (D G) Freeman and his second wife, Florence Julia Freeman née Elms. Michael's great grandfather, J R Freeman, had established a to

Ram Prasad Chakrabarty was head of the department of orthopaedics at the Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi. He was born on 5 June 1918. In the run up to the Partition of India he was a resident medical doctor at Calcutta Medical College and gave first aid to the victims of bloody riots in the city

Colin Hooker's two passions in life were his profession and his family. With his motto for the way he lived, a quotation from Thomas Huxley, "Try to learn something about everything and everything about something", he participated fully in all life offered. Colin Hooker was born in Pukeroro just

John Yew Hong Leong was an orthopaedic surgeon in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He studied medicine in Dublin and gained his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1977. He died on 28 December 2018.

Ballambetu Yogish Pai was a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon for the South and North Tees Health Authority and a former professor of surgery at Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore. He was born on 20 October 1931 in Kumbla in the Kasaragod district of Kerala, India. He studied medicine at th

Neil Boughey was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, Lincolnshire. He was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, on 3 January 1931. His father, William Boughey, was born in Dublin in 1874 and worked as a solicitor in Ireland for many years. He married Eileen Hosken, a Cor

David Hirschowitz was born in Johannesburg in 1943 and spent his early years in South Africa and Zimbabwe. He studied medicine at Cape Town University, commencing in 1961 and, having been based at Groote Schuur Hospital, by a happy coincidence he graduated on the same day in 1967 that Christiaan Bar

Charles Barry D'Arcy Fearn was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton. He was born on 4 March 1934 in Manchester. His father, Charles Henry Fearn, was a dental surgeon in Rochdale; his mother, Lily Gladys Fearn née D’Arcy Jones, was a housewife and mother. His

Graham Roland Anderson was an orthopaedic surgeon at Brisbane General Hospital. He was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. His father, Leonard Ernest Anderson, was an import and export agent and a managing director; his mother Edith May Anderson née Kitchen was a housewife. He was educated at B

Michael Hubbard was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Glan Clwyd Hospital and the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. He was born on 27 June 1938 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, into a not entirely happy marriage. His father, Geoffrey Owen Hubbard, was a company director; his moth