Naguib Mahfouz was born at Mansoura, Nile Delta, in 1882 and educated at the American Mission School and the Government School of Mansoura, at both of which he acquitted himself outstandingly well. He was an avid reader and his interest in articles on Koch's discovery of the tubercle bacillus and on

Jocelyn Adelaide Moore was born in Monkstown, Co Dublin, on 29 August 1904. Her mother was Adelaide Mary Murphy and her father was Major General Sir John Moore, CB, of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps; she was the eldest of their three daughters. She attended Wycombe Abbey School, Bucks, and the Roya

Brian Stephen Cox was educated at Christ's Hospital, Bristol, from where he gained entry to Cambridge, intending to study physics. He changed to medicine and in 1954 to St George's Hospital where he was one of the stalwarts of the rugby XV and the rowing VIII. He graduated MB BCh in 1957. After hous

Norman Lewis White, the son of a chemist, was born on 8 September 1898, at Waterford, Ireland. He was educated at Leighton Park School and St John's College, Cambridge, before entering University College Hospital Medical School in 1921 with a Goldsmid Scholarship. On qualifying he was house physicia

John Edwin Forde Bruce was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Nottingham. He gained his FRCS in 1967. He carried out his postgraduate training in London and in 1975 was appointed as a consultant at King’s Mill Hospital, Mansfield and the City Hospital, Nottingham. He was president of

Born in Cape Town on 12 February 1911, the son of James Stokes Loxton, a pharmacist, and Marion, née Mitchell, Loxton was sent home to join his brother at Clifton College, where he won the Miriam Badock scholarship in science to Bristol University to study medicine. There he won the committee's gold

Michael Kingsley Dunstan ('Mike') was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth. He was born on 13 October 1933 in Chiswick, west London. His father, Chester, an Australian, was a general practitioner who had trained at the Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, wh

After his early education at Trowbridge High School, 'Nick' as he was known to his many friends, joined the Artists' Rifles, and was later commissioned in the Royal Artillery in the first world war. After the war he went to Bristol University where he qualified in 1923, taking the MB BS and FRCS in

John Dickinson, always known as 'Dickie', was born in Birkenhead in 1909. After studying at Cambridge he went on to Guy's Hospital, where he qualified in 1934. He served in the RAMC during the second world war, in Assam and in a mobile surgical unit in Burma. He was appointed to the General Lying

Born in 1930, David Fairbairn was educated at Oxford and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He qualified in 1955 and after junior posts and National Service decided to specialise in obstetrics and gynaecology. He was appointed consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Kingston Hospital, where he achieved

Jill Evans was born in London on 20 November 1929, the daughter of Donald Evans, an insurance officer and antiquarian bookseller, and Margaret, née Thompson. She was educated in Devon, and later at Brentwood High School, from where she obtained a scholarship to Girton College Cambridge. She later un

Bill MacGregor was born in Melbourne, the only son of William MacGregor, a surgeon and farmer, and his wife, Mary Gladys. He was educated at Geelong College before entering Melbourne University for his medical training. After qualifying in 1943 he served in the Royal Australian Air Force Medical Ser