Fred Graves was a general surgeon in Staffordshire with an interest in urology. He was born in Hereford in 1919, later studied medicine at University College Hospital and specialised in surgery at King’s College Hospital. He was subsequently appointed consultant general surgeon at Staffordshire Gene

Donald Griffiths was a consultant general surgeon in Aberystwyth. He was born in Colwyn Bay on 12 March 1921, the son of Thomas Owen Griffiths, a science master, and Alice Adelaide, the daughter of a tailor. He was educated at Penmaenrhoe Council School and Colwyn Bay County School, and was Denbighs

Rodney John Hall was a surgeon in Adelaide, South Australia. He was born on 7 April 1928 at Waikerie, South Australia, and studied medicine at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 1957. He was a resident medical officer at the Bendigo and Northern District Bone Hospital from 1957 to 1958. He

Hassan Agha Hashemian was a professor of surgery and head of the department of surgery at the Cancer Institute, Tehran. He was born in Kashan, Iran, on 14 April 1915, the son of Hossein Hashemian, a velvet merchant, and Nagar, a housewife. He was educated at Tehran Boys School, and then received a s

Brian Hayes was a consultant surgeon at East Glamorgan Hospital, Pontypridd. He was born in Tibshelf, Derbyshire, in 1929, the son of a miner. He was brought up in the north east of England, until the family moved to south Wales. He studied medicine in Newcastle, and went on to hold junior posts in

Born Oct 17th, 1819, and entered the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on January 12th, 1845, being promoted Surgeon June 16th, 1858, Surgeon Major on January 12th, 1865. Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, May 10th, 1871, retiring December 6th, 1876. He saw active service in the Indian Mutiny (18

Born in India on May 15th, 1863, the youngest son of Deputy Surgeon General George Barclay, of the Madras Army. Educated at Clifton College and Bristol Medical School, where he took prizes. After qualification he remained at the Bristol General Hospital, filling the posts of Assistant House Surgeon,

Kodituwakku Gnanapala Jayasekera was a distinguished surgeon in Sri Lanka and Australia. He was born in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). He travelled to the UK, where he became a Fellow of the College in 1948. Soon after, he returned to Sri Lanka. In 1954 he was appointed as honorary surgeon to the Queen, d

Studied at King’s College Hospital, where he became Prosector to Professor Richard Partridge. He had worked in Charing Cross Hospital at a time when there was no Medical School, and also at the Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon to Charing Cross Hospital in 1841, and

Educated at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals. He practised at Middleton by Wirksworth, Derbyshire, and at the time of his death was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and President of the local Mechanic’s Institute. He died on February 7th, 1876.

Born in June, 1817, and entered the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on December 30th, 1843, being promoted Surgeon on July 9th, 1857, and Surgeon Major on December 30th, 1863. He went through the Mutiny (1857-1858), being present during the operations in Oudh (Medal with Clasp). Latterly he was att

The son of John Carden, Surgeon to the Worcester Infirmary, born at Worcester, was educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. His elder brother, Thomas, had succeeded his father and was in turn succeeded by Henry Douglas, who held the post from 1888-1861, when he became Consulting Surgeon. He enjoyed a