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

Surgeon in the Royal Navy, attained seniority in 1851. He passed his FRCS examination on March 11th, 1857, but his name was retained on the Members' List, probably owing to non-payment of fees. He died at Longwood Avenue, Dublin, on September 11th, 1861.

Was a Surgeon in the Royal Navy, and served on HMS *Wilberforce* in the Niger Expedition of 1841, concerning which he published *Some Account of the African Remittent Fever, which occurred on board HMS Wilberforce in the River Niger* and while engaged on service on the West Coast of Africa. Nearly e

Born in October, 1816, the son of William Boyes, merchant, of London. He entered the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on Aug 1st, 1841, being promoted Surgeon to the 2nd Bengal Calvary on October 8th, 1855. He was officiating Medical Storekeeper at Cawnpore when the Indian Mutiny broke out, and succ

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

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 at Ayr on April 1st, 1774, and entered the Army Medical Department as Surgeon's Mate in the 42nd Highlanders in 1792. He was promoted to the Staff in 1793, and made two campaigns in Flanders under the Duke of York. He then proceeded to the West Indies with the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers and did

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

Dhun Jal Irani née Sumariwalla was a general surgeon in Bombay, India. She was born in Bombay, the eldest daughter of Jaiji D Sumariwalla and Dinshaw Cawasji Sumariwalla, and had three brothers and three sisters. A very studious individual, Dhun received her early education in various institutions i

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

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

Cristian Dragomir was a leading Romanian academic surgeon who helped transform surgical services in his country after the fall of the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu. Born on 28 April 1940 in the Romanian city of Bârlad in the province of Moldavia, Dragomir grew up in a war torn country which, following