Born on 3 November 1903, the son of Dr H M Wood and Lola Lyon-Campbell, Hubert Lyon-Campbell Wood was educated at Marlborough College and King's College Hospital, London, where he qualified in 1926. In the following year he obtained the MB BS London with honours. His house appointments at King's wer

Vincent Clark Snell was surgeon at St Vincent's Orthopaedic Hospital, Pinner, orthopaedic surgeon to the Harefield Hospital and the Mount Vernon Hospital and consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the Harefield and Northwood group of hospitals. He died in Suffolk on 13 March 1982 survived by three daught

John Frank Herbert Stallman was born in Maida Vale, London, on 14 November 1889. He was the first child of John Henry Zacharia Stallman who was an importer and exporter of crude drugs and spices. He attended Dulwich College and then Guy's Hospital Medical School where he won the Michael Harris Prize

John Stanger was a prominent orthopaedic surgeon in and around Newcastle-upon-Tyne, serving the Royal Victoria Infirmary from his appointment in 1934 until retirement in 1973. He devoted much time to building up an integrated orthopaedic service in Newcastle and was also consultant to the W J Sander

Collins Louis Greaves, the son of Ernest Collins Greaves and Sophia Constance (née Currell), was born at Lota, Queensland, on 20 July, 1922. After education at Brisbane Grammar School he worked for a short while in a hospital laboratory which fired his interest in medicine. After one year at the Uni

The following was published in volume 6 of Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Robert Henry Victor Hafner was born on 31 January 1915 in Sheffield. Educated at Dunstable School he qualified in medicine in 1939 from University College Hospital, subsequently serving as Captain in the RAMC from 1941 to 1

Michael George Allen was born in Cairo on 9 October 1915, the son of Arthur Baylis Allen. After early education at Merchant Taylors' School he entered St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1940. His early house appointments were at St Thomas's Hospital. During the second world war he jo

Frank Dorrens Johnston was born in West Hartlepool, County Durham, on 29 December 1927, the son of John Dorrens Johnston, a general practitioner, and his wife Dorothy (née Patrick). His early education was at Edinburgh Academy and Trent College before going to the University of Edinburgh for his med

Mukul Krishna Karmakar qualified MB, BS Calcutta in 1964 and obtained his Fellowship in 1972. After house appointments at the General Hospital, Middlesborough, at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital and at Birkenhead General Hospital, he worked at the orthopaedic department at Reza Shah Kadir Hospital,

Puliyur Duraiswami was born on 23 April 1912 in Puliyur, India. He was educated in Madras where he qualified MB, BS in 1936 and followed with the MS in general surgery in 1942. He was honorary surgeon at the Government Royapettah Hospital, Madras, from 1942 to 1943. From 1943 to 1947 he was a specia

Norman Duggan studied at Manchester University, University College Hospital, London and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was honorary surgeon and surgeon to the orthopaedic department of Worcester Royal Infirmary and also orthopaedic surgeon to the City of Worcester Sanatorium and consulting surgeon to

Roland Hart was born in Pakistan on 22 July 1919 and there he spent his early years. He was educated in England at the Thames Valley School and then at Alleyn's School where he developed a great interest in botany. He became a scholar at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he read a natural science t