Lalit Kumar Sharma was a paediatric surgeon in Rohtak, Haryana, India. He was born on 25 December 1942 in Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. His family was from Anupshahr, situated on the banks of the Ganges, where they had large landholdings. His grandfather, Mangal Sen Sharma, was a criminal attorne

Peter Jones was a paediatric surgeon at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. He was born in Melbourne on 26 September 1922. His father was William Aeron Jones, a former President of the Australian Veterinary Association, and his grandfather was David Jones, a Welsh sea captain. His mother, Elsi

Gamini Wickramarachchi Karunaratne, or 'Gam' as he was always called, was a pioneer of paediatric surgery in Sri Lanka. He was born in Kamburugamuwa, southern Sri Lanka, on 19 April 1929. His father was Wilson Karunaratne and his mother was Tilaka. He had two brothers and five sisters. His early sch

Jay Grosfeld was, in the eyes of many, the foremost American academic paediatric surgeon of his time. A large man with a warm personality and an ever-present friendly smile, he was a wonderful host to visiting surgeons, a superb teacher and someone revered on both sides of the Atlantic by all who kn

Aubrey Charles Bowring, known as ‘Toby’, was head of paediatric surgery at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney on 10 January 1924 to Clarence Bowring, a railway conductor, and Ella Bowring née Ryan. The family later moved to Albury, New South Wales. At kinder

Nathanial Myers was a paediatric surgeon at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. 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

Barry O’Donnell was a paediatric surgeon at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin. 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

Helen Noblett, the first female paediatric surgeon in Australia, was a pioneering and innovative surgeon in Melbourne and then in Bristol, UK. She was brought up in Roma, Queensland and made an impression at Roma State School as a sporty, bright and hard-working scholar who won prizes and a scholars

Sidney Cywes was born in South Africa in the town of Paarl in the Western Cape on 1 January 1931. He studied medicine at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and graduated MB, ChB in 1953. He trained at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH) and worked there throughout his career. In 1

Joanna Marcia Catherine Zlotnik was a paediatric surgeon. Born on 26 July 1943 in Edinburgh, she was the eldest child of Izrael Zlotnik, an experimental neuropathologist and his wife Amelia née Vinestock. Educated initially at St Hilary’s School in Edinburgh, she then attended Boroughmuir Senior Sec

Hilary Anne King was born in Cobham, Surrey, on 16 November 1956, the daughter of Charles William King, a structural engineer and Hilda Eileen, née Walker. Her early education was at Rowan Preparatory School in Claygate and at Malvern Girls' College, before entering Leeds University Medical School.

John Francis Rogers Bentley was born in India on 5 March 1920. He entered Guy's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1942. After initial house appointments in the Emergency Medical Service at Guy's Hospital and the North Middlesex Hospital he joined the Indian Medical Service, rising to the rank o