Born on 2 July 1887 son of A Palmer, St Clair, Dunedin, NZ, he was educated at Waitaki and Otago University. Coming to England from New Zealand he went to the London Hospital where he qualified, obtaining honours in gynaecology in the London final examination. He was house surgeon, receiving room of

David Gavin Millar graduated MB BS with honours at Durham University in 1952 and took the FRCS in 1959 and the MRCOG in 1962. Later he served on the Council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He was senior lecturer in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology of the Univers

Sir Eardley Lancelot Holland had been senior obstetrician and gynaecologist to the London Hospital for 20 years. In 1943 he was elected the fifth President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. His academic achievements were many and deservedly he was regarded as one of the most

Born on 26 August 1898 son of A W Roques FRIBA he was educated at Highgate School. In 1916 he joined the Army and served in France as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Brigade, Royal Artillery. After the war he went to Clare College, Cambridge and in 1921 entered Middlesex Hospital where he won prizes and sch

Professor James Lawrence (Laurie) Wright passed away in Dunedin on 8 September 2011 at the age of 96. Whether delivering babies, guiding nervous rural GPs, or serving as an army doctor in World War 2, Prof Laurie Wright was guided by a sense of duty. Professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at

Maurice Lawrence Treston was born on 9 February 1891, and received his early education in the United States. He came to the London Hospital for the medical course and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1913. After junior hospital posts at the London Hospital and at Colchester he passed into the

Edwin Holmes was born in Yorkshire, the son of the owner of a small building firm. He went to the local school and in 1914 joined the army as a private soldier and when fighting in the trenches in France was wounded and sent back to England. Subsequently he was given a grant and entered the medical

Miles Harris Phillips was born at Portishead, near Bristol in 1875, and was educated at Bristol Grammar School where he became captain of cricket, and his love of the game was life-long. He did his pre-clinical studies at University College, Bristol, and then came to King's College and the London Ho

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

Patrick Herbert Lyon Playfair was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in South Africa. He was born on 15 September 1903 in Hampshire. He gained his MRCS LRCP in 1928 and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1933. He practised in South Africa. Outside medicine, his main interests were

John Gregory O'Donoghue was honorary obstetrician to St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne in 1939 and honorary gynaecologist in 1959. He became honorary consultant obstetrician to St Vincent's Maternity Hospital in 1959 and honorary consultant gynaecologist to St Vincent's in 1968. He was a member of the

Born on 11 August 1891 to John Shufflebotham, a Birmingham grocer, Hilda was educated at King Edward's High School for Girls and at the University of Birmingham where, with the reluctant consent of her father, she studied medicine. She graduated BSc in 1914 and MB ChB two years later, and obtained a