Nicholas Chandos Bland was a consultant ENT surgeon in Birmingham. He was born in Birmingham in 1932. His mother was Alice Harvey, Birmingham born and bred. He stayed in the city to study medicine, qualifying in 1956, and gaining his diploma in child health in 1959. After qualifying, he was resid

Kenneth Roddie was an ENT consultant surgeon in Bristol. He was born in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, on 30 August 1923, the son of John Richard Wesley, a Methodist minister, and Mary Hill Wilson. The family had a strong medical tradition – over three generations there were 23 doctors,

Born at Ashby-de-la-Zouch and came of an old Leicestershire family. He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and at St George's Hospital, where as resident he occupied rooms in the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner. He practised first in Chester, but finding his life uncongenial, retur

Derek Farrar was one of the few who brought ENT surgery to Tasmania. He was born in Southsea, England, on 27 December 1921, the son of a naval officer. He was educated in Hong Kong and Plymouth, before going to St Bartholomew’s Hospital to study medicine. After graduating, he did six months as an

Peter Adlington was an ear, nose and throat surgeon to the West and East Dorset Health Authorities between 1969 and 1997. He was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 8 April 1932. His father Basil was an ear, nose and throat surgeon and a general practitioner, and also a fellow of the College. His mo

Sivathanu Subramania Pillai was an ENT surgeon in Sunderland. He was born in Nagercoil, India, on 30 November 1925 to Sivathanu Pillai and Marthandalakshmi née Muthukaruppan. He was educated at St Francis Primary School and the Scott Christian College in Nagercoil. Deciding to follow a career in med

Christopher Savage was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Chelmsford and Essex Hospital, and the Southend General Hospital, where he developed a special interest in microsurgery of the ear. Born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 21 November 1915, he was part of the third generation of a family of surgeons.

Anthony Radcliffe was a consultant ENT surgeon in London. He was born in South Africa and grew up in the same small village as his long-term friend Aaron Klug, the Nobel laureate, who influenced him greatly. Radcliffe qualified in Ireland and completed junior posts at the West London Hospital, Heme

Winifred Joan Wadge was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Royal Ear Hospital (University College Hospital) and the Nelson Hospital, Wimbledon. She was born on 22 May 1904 in Ilford, Essex, the second of three children to Frederick Collett Wadge, a solicitor, and Winifred Hardwick Wadge née Shacklock,

Paul Vincent Wadsworth was a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon to the Brighton and Haywards Heath hospitals and, for many years, also principal laryngologist to Glyndebourne Opera. He was born in Harewood, Yorkshire, on 2 November 1919, the son of Joseph Harold Wadsworth, a school master, and

John Leach Wakelin trained at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, where he became senior registrar in the ENT department. In 1944 he is recorded as serving in the RAMC as a lieutenant. In the 1971 *Medical Directory*, he is listed as being an honorary consultant ENT surgeon to the Bulawayo Government Ho

John Groves was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Royal Free, Hampstead General and New End hospitals in London. He studied medicine at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, qualifying MB BS in 1947. He gained his FRCS in 1953. Prior to his consultant appointments, he was a house surgeon at St Mary’s