Eddie, the elder of twins, was born in Hackney, his early education was at Bancroft’s School and his undergraduate years were spent at The Royal Dental Hospital, where he qualified BDS with Honours. After House Surgeon appointments and during RAF National Service, he gained FDS RCS. On demobilisation he worked at the Westminster, St Thomas's, Eastman and Royal Dental Hospitals and passed the D Orth RCS. In 1957, he was appointed the first Consultant Orthodontist to the East Anglian region, based in Ipswich. He set up clinics, and as a member of the Hospitals Group (President 1974) lectured to BDA sections. This progressed and became normalised under the Regional Postgraduate Medical and Dental Federation. Cambridge University appointed him Regional Advisor; he subsequently became its Chairman and latterly dental Dean. He was a council member of the British Society for the Study of Orthodontics and a founder member of the Consultant Orthodontists Group. A WHO fellowship enabled him to visit Scandinavia with his plastic surgical colleague to further his interest in cleft lip and palate repair. He joined the European Orthodontic Society and was an active participant. In the 1970s, a new hospital was being planned for Ipswich; as planning committee chairman, he negotiated with the Minister of Health for a nucleus hospital, and in 1977, he was awarded a Queen’s Jubilee Medal. From 1978, he served on the East Anglian Regional Health Authority, and in 1984 was elected Vice Chairman. He gained experience of government's attitudes to medicine and dentistry. In 1990, he was appointed OBE for Services to Medicine and on retirement he was awarded BDA life membership. His dental training helped him to become a skilled craftsman. He built two Mirror dinghies in which he taught his children to sail. Before retirement, he started working as a silversmith, becoming accomplished and accepted into the Suffolk Craft Society, selling his products in East Anglian Galleries. He was married to Jill for 65 years and had three children, two of whom became doctors. His later years were marred by spinal arthritis which was a great handicap. Unfortunately, latterly, Jill suffered from loss of short-term memory and he became her devoted carer until he broke his hip and died from post-operative COVID-19 pneumonia. Jill sadly died aged 93 from old age on 23 September. Their joint funeral was at Ipswich Crematorium on 30 October 2020.