John Anthony Fleming was a consultant general surgeon at the West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth. He was born in Surbiton, Surrey on 22 October 1928, the second son of Robert Hood Fleming, a surgeon, and Margaret Fleming née Williams. His older brother Peter became a cardiologist. Fleming attended Ar

Labeeb Isaac McGuire was a general surgeon in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was born in Bishmizzine, Lebanon on 15 June 1924, the son of Khalil and Katrine (née Jeba). His father, whose original surname was Muffarrij, had emigrated to Australia in 1891 and, after acquiring the wool broking fir

Elwin George Currow was chief executive officer of the Royal Newcastle Hospital, New South Wales, Australia. Born on 16 September 1926 in Auckland, he was the son of George Arthur Currow, a school master and his wife Marguerite Dulce Marion née Fury who was also a teacher. He attended several school

Durga Das Guha was a general surgeon who practised across four continents, living his last 49 years in the USA. He was born on 19 March 1918 in Mymensingh, Bengal to Jogesh Chandra, a civil engineer in the Public Service Department of Bengal in undivided India, and Shaibalini. He was the second of t

Phani Prasad was director-in-chief of the health services for the government of Bihar state, India, and chief of surgery at Nalanda Medical College and Hospital. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives

Robert Dunning Nicholson was a consultant general surgeon at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, Somerset. He was born on 18 January 1921 and grew up in Barnet, attending Highgate School in the 1930s. On leaving school he went to St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School to train as a doctor. At the out

Philip Edward Huddy was a consultant surgeon in Swindon, Cirencester and Marlborough. Born in London on 27 January 1927, he was the second of the three sons of George Philip Buckingham Huddy. His father was surgeon to the Dudley Road Hospital in Birmingham until he retired aged 37 due to severe rheu

Norman Goodwin was a surgeon based in Southampton. 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 Lancaster was a surgeon who lived in Bath. 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

Ruth Hickson was a surgeon who lived in Coventry. 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

Raymond Kirk, known throughout his entire professional life as ‘Jerry’, was a late entrant to medicine, having left school at 16 and serving for four years in the Royal Navy in the Second World War, before becoming one of the most celebrated surgical educators of his day through his outstanding teac

Keith Ewen was born in Lower Hutt, the son of David Ewen and Marian Nathan. His father was managing-director of Sargood Son & Ewen, a prominent family business, Mayor of Lower Hutt and subsequently knighted for his many community and business contributions. There were two older siblings – brother, I