Born on 25 November 1902, he was educated at Carlisle Grammar School and Leeds University. He obtained honours in his final qualifying examination and then settled in partnership in general practice at Loughborough. Taking the DLO in 1928 he took a special and increasing interest in ear nose and thr

This obituary appeared in volume four: Born at Bristol on 7 November 1882 the fourth child and third son of William Wright, wine merchant, and his wife a daughter of Dr William Budd FRS (for whom see *DNB*), he was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton and University College, Bristol, qualified

The son of W L Mollison, Master of Clare College, Cambridge, he was born on 20 December 1878 and was educated at Haileybury and King's College, Cambridge, entering the latter as an exhibitioner in natural sciences in 1897. After obtaining a first class in Part I of the Natural Sciences Tripos, he en

John Parry Monkhouse was born on 18 December 1899. He did the medical course at St Mary's Hospital and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1925, proceeding to the London degree the following year. After house appointments he soon began to specialize in otolaryngology, and after taking the FRCS in

Born on 25 June 1904 at Johannesburg, South Africa, second son of John James Passe, an engineer, and Eleanor Jane Price his wife, his parents moved to Australia while he was a child, and he was educated at Melbourne High School and graduated in dentistry at Melbourne University in April 1926. Passe

Educated at Clare College, Cambridge, winning first-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos part I in 1908, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was senior house surgeon to the throat and ear department, he practised at 14 Leeds Road, Harrogate, was aural surgeon to the General Hospital,

Henry Forster was born in December 1888 and received his early education at Ashaw College, Durham, and St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool. He studied medicine at Liverpool University and graduated with honours in 1912. Before this he had obtained his MSc degree for his work with Sherrington in t

Capps was born in the Naval Hospital, Gibralter, on 17 May 1898, the only son of Fleet-Surgeon Frederick A Capps, who lost his life in action at the Battle of Jutland (1916). With this family background he was from an early age destined for a career in the Royal Navy, and accordingly entered the Roy

Born in Dunedin on 27 January 1924, Neil Little was educated at John McGlashan College and Otago Medical School, graduating in 1948. After house appointments in Otago and Invercargill and a registrarship in Dunedin, he proceeded to the United Kingdom. Here he studied and gained experience at Willesd

Alan Bowen-Davies was born on 26 July 1907 and educated at Harrow School (Headmaster's House) and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was chief clinical assistant, registrar and house surgeon to the ENT department at Guy's Hospital. He qualified MA MB BCh in 1933 and passed the Fellowship in 1936. Durin

John Fulford Jarvis was born at Carshalton, Surrey, in 1910 and educated at Whitgift School, winning an open scholarship at King's College and King's College Hospital. He graduated in 1933 and then took the MRCP and the FRCS. He joined the Colonial Medical Service to work in Tanganyika in 1936. He w

Born in Sheffield on 26 June 1885, son of Frank Cobb and Martha Griffiths, his wife. He was educated at Firth Park Grammar School, Sheffield and at Sheffield University, where he graduated with honours and won a gold medal in gynaecology. He was house surgeon and resident surgical officer at the Roy