Alan Peter Ardouin was a consultant ENT surgeon at Kent and Canterbury Hospital. Born on 6 October 1930 in London, he was the second son of Herbert Charles Ardouin LDS, RCS, a dental surgeon and his wife Joyce Marion née Edmett. He was educated at Franklin House School in London, Vermont Academy in the USA and then Highgate School back in London. He trained at Charing Cross Hospital and qualified MB BS in 1954. For his national service he was posted to Cyprus and served as a captain in the RAMC from 1957 to 1959. On his return he joined the staff at Charing Cross as a senior registrar in the ENT department and was mentored there by Lionel Taylor. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1962 and was appointed consultant ENT surgeon to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital and the Isle of Thanet District Hospital in 1964. From 1966 to 1969 he was also a clinical tutor at the Kent Postgraduate Medical Centre. He was a member of the British Association of Otolaryngologists and the BMA. In 1955 he married Miss Clayton and they had two daughters. A music lover, he was a keen pianist and a one time member of the Alexandra Choir in London. Golf was also a favourite pastime, he had been a member of the University of London team and was captain of the Canterbury Golf Club from 1979 to 1980. He died on 18 August 2014 in Margate, Kent, aged 83.