Bryan Luker was a consultant general surgeon at Rotherham and Mexborough hospitals. He was born in London, in Hampstead, on 5 July 1916, the only child of Herbert William Luker MBE and Ella Matilda Henrietta, the daughter of Adam Hauch, the headmaster of the local grammar school in Roskilde, Denmark. Bryan’s early life was spent in Sweden, where his father was managing director of Proctor and Gamble. Returning to London in 1928, Bryan went to University College School, Christ’s College, Cambridge, and then St Thomas’ Hospital for his clinical training. Whilst in London he was awarded a certificate of honour by the Royal Humane Society for rescuing a woman who was “in imminent danger of drowning in the River Thames at Sunbury-on-Thames on 1 August 1935”. After qualifying, he undertook house appointments at St Mark’s Hospital and Bradford Royal Infirmary. By 1944 he was serving as a captain with the RAMC in the 18th Light Brigade Field Ambulance and was mentioned in despatches in November 1945. When serving in Belgium, he met his future wife, Cynthia Eileen Littlewood, a nurse who had trained at Llandough Hospital, Cardiff. They were married on 2 November 1946. After demobilisation, he became a resident surgical officer at the Leicester Royal Infirmary under John C Barrett and E R Frizelle. He was appointed in 1952 on the understanding that a new hospital would be built in Rotherham. In fact the new district general hospital did not open until 1979 and he worked at Moorgate and Doncaster Gate hospitals in Rotherham and Mexborough Montague Hospital for most of his professional life, spending only three years in the new building. Bryan was a keen member of the BMA and chairman of the Rotherham branch from 1974 to 1975. He was a talented watercolourist and fisherman, who created his own flies and was a member of the Linton and Threshfield Angling Club in Wharfdale. Brian and Cynthia had three girls: Anne Louise, Janet Mary and Pamela Jane. A few weeks before Bryan’s death a party was held in his beloved garden to celebrate his 90th birthday, at which a junior consultant colleague, K D Bardhan, gave a moving speech detailing Bryan’s medical life, his contribution to Rotherham and his unique personality. Bryan Luker died peacefully on 30 August 2006 and was survived by his wife Cynthia, his three daughters and two granddaughters.