Marian Noel Sherman passed the Conjoint Examination in 1917 and the Fellowship in 1921. She returned to Canada and died there in August 1975, survived by her daughter, Mrs Ruth Lindsay.

David Annis was a consultant surgeon at Liverpool's Royal Infirmary. His father was a Polish Jew who emigrated from England to Canada and served with distinction in the Canadian Army during the first world war, being decorated for his conduct at Vimy Ridge. After the war, he returned to England to s

Born 23 April 1885 at Leicester, the eleventh child and sixth son of Edward Daniels, assessor of water rates, and his wife Elizabeth Ann Woodcock. His elder brother Frederic William was also a Fellow of the College. D W Daniels was educated at Wyggeston School, Leicester, Mary's Hospital Medical Sch

Michael Crowson was consultant surgeon to Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield. He was born in Lincoln on 17 December 1953. His father Dennis Crowson was a Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force. His mother was Helen née Ahearn. His education took place at many different schools, as his father was p

Owen David Morris, born in Port Madoc, Wales, on 24 February 1916, was the eldest son of John Morris, master mariner, and Mary Jones. He was educated at Port Madoc Grammar School and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, where he qualified MRCS LRCP in 1939. He was the twenty-second member of h

Vijay Chand Berdia was a general surgeon in North Carolina, USA. He was born in Gotegaon, Madhya Pradesh, India on 23 September 1935, the son of Seth Nandram Beria, a landlord and grain merchant, and Paras Bai Beria née Oswal. He was educated at the Municipal High School, Gotegaon, Maharashtra High

Alan Brock McCarten was a surgeon in Edmonton, Manitoba. Born in Winnipeg on 11 January 1919, he was the second son of Daniel Alexander McCarten, a dental surgeon, and his wife, Ella Isobel née Goldthorpe, the daughter of a lumber mill operator. After attending Kelvin High School in Winnipeg he won

When Ade (as he was universally known) died, the President of Nigeria said that his country had lost an icon. Ade would have liked the word because of its classical connotations; not only was he an academic surgeon with an international reputation, but he was also an author and an historian with a w

William Henry Bickersteth, entered in the College Calendar as Henry Bickersteth, was born in 1813 and became distinguished both as a Physician and as Surgeon to the Somerset Hospital, Cape Town. He died at Cape Town on Aug 6th, 1862, and in the Medical Circular (1865, NS. xxvi, 447) there appeared t

Born in October 1818, the son of John Diaper, of Portsmouth. He entered the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on Dec 25th, 1840, and saw active service in Central India, taking part in the operations in Bandalkund during 1842. He was promoted Surgeon on February 1st, 1855, was Field Surgeon to the Ca

Born at Crosbane, Co Mayo, in October, 1789, and received his professional training at the Middlesex Hospital and other schools. He entered the Bombay Army as Assistant Surgeon on April 4th, 1823, being promoted to Surgeon on December 24th, 1835. He saw active service in Burma (1824-1825), for which

Was at one time Senior Surgeon of the Metropolitan Free Hospital, Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Surgery at the Hunterian School of Medicine, and President of the Harveian Society, 1843-1844. In the eventful year of railway speculation Lucas became a victim to the prevailing mania, and t