Born at Bristol, 23 April 1886, the only son of Sir Hartman Just, KCMG, CB, legal adviser to the Colonial Office, and Katherine Frances Rootham, his wife. He was educated at St Paul's School, when F W Walker was high master, from 1898 until 1904, where he was successively capitation scholar and foun

Born 27 July 1875 at the Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse, Plymouth, only child of Staff-Surgeon Charles Lyon Ridout, RN, MRCS 1866, and Ada Perley Scott, his wife, daughter of Archibald Scott of Halifax, Nova Scotia. C L Ridout was at that time on the staff at Stonehouse and later served in HMS *To

Born at Woolwich on 23 August 1876, only son of George Whale, solicitor, and Matilda Whale, his wife. He was educated at Bradfield, at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he played lawn-tennis for the university club "The Grasshoppers", and at St Bartholomew's Hospital where he served as house physician

Born at Exmouth on 30 April 1891, the second child and only son of Surgeon Major A J Wharry, of the Egyptian Army, and Lillie Adeline Barker, his wife. He was educated at Radley and matriculated from New College, Oxford in 1910, but took no degree in the University. He received his medical education

Born 14 July 1878 at Aberdeen, the fifth son of Samuel Tawse, merchant, and Amelia Hackney, his wife. He was educated at Gordon's College, Aberdeen, at Aberdeen University, where he graduated with honours, at King's College, London, and at the London Hospital. After being house surgeon at the Throat

Born at Bedford on 5 October 1873 the third son of Edward Paine Rose, who was in business in the town, and Fanny Atcherley, his wife. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he gained a science scholarship in 1892 and graduated with first-class honours in

Born on 11 March 1877 he trained at the London Hospital, qualified in 1902, and studied in Vienna. After serving as assistant surgeon to the Metropolitan Ear Nose and Throat Hospital, he was appointed the first ear nose and throat surgeon of the General Infirmary and lecturer in his specialty in the

Howard Eddey was a former professor of surgery at Melbourne University. He was born on 3 September 1910, in Melbourne. His father was Charles Howard Eddey, a manager, and his mother was Rachel Beatrice née Hadfield, the daughter of a teacher. He was educated at Melbourne High School, where he was ca

Amer Amen was a consultant ENT surgeon in Essex. He qualified in Baghdad and worked there and in Kut, Iraq. In 1976, he went to the UK and held registrar posts in otolaryngology at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, and at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He became a senior ENT registrar at the Royal V

Ian Hopper was an ENT consultant in Sunderland. He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 19 May 1938, the son of John Frederick Hopper, an insurance manager, and Dora née Lambert. He was educated at Dame Allans School, Newcastle upon Tyne, and High Storrs Grammar School, Sheffield, where he played rugb

Donald Harrison was a leading ear, nose and throat surgeon who campaigned against chewing tobacco. He was born in Portsmouth on 9 March 1925, the son of Frederick William Rees Harrison OBE JP, the principal of the College of Technology for Monmouthshire, and Florence Norris. He was educated at Newpo

Born in London on 28 September 1918, Ronald Harvey trained at King’s College Hospital. He was appointed as a consultant in ENT, first at the Eye and Ear Hospital in 1954, and later at Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, where he remained until he retired in 1983. From an early stage he was involved i