Kenneth Marrable Bryant was an honorary consultant orthopaedic surgeon at St George’s and Bolingbroke hospitals, London. He was born on 13 June 1927, the son of Philip Harry Bryant and Hilda Gertrude Bryant née Linch. He studied medicine at King’s College London and Charing Cross Hospital Medical School and qualified in 1950. He was a registrar in orthopaedics at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and then a registrar and senior registrar in orthopaedics at Charing Cross Hospital. He gained his FRCS in 1958. He was subsequently appointed to St George’s and Bolingbroke hospitals. He was also a visiting consultant orthopaedic surgeon to HM Prison Service. He married Rosemary Hawkins in 1952. Bryant died on 6 November 2008 in London. He was 81.