Benjamin William Fickling was a distinguished oral surgeon and a past president of the British Association of Oral Surgeons. The son of Robert Marshall Fickling, a dentist, he was born in London on 14 July 1909, in a house in Sloane Street where there had been a dental practice since 1840. His mothe

John Lowry was a distinguished consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon. He was born on 6 June 1942 in Timperley, Cheshire, the son of Leslie and Betty Lowry. From Altrincham Grammar School, Cheshire, he went to the University of Manchester Turner Dental School and qualified BDS in 1963. He was a h

Martin Clark was an oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Lincoln County Hospital. Born on 22 November 1961 he qualified MB BCh in Wales in 1993. His first post as a consultant was at the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary before he moved to Lincoln in, probably, 2010. Particular interests in his spe

Ian Hanson Heslop was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Walter Guralnick was a professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and dean of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.

David Stanley Precious was dean of the faculty of dentistry at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Peter Richard Barton was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Oxford. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Ralph Kerr Gilbert was an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Sunderland. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon, or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk.

Colin Wishart, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon, died peacefully in Poole General Hospital on 5 July 2001, aged 81. Colin was born in Edinburgh on 26 January 1920, one of twin boys. He attended George Watson’s Boys College and later entered the Dental School where he was an enthusiasti

Geoffrey Slaney Hoggins, consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon, died on January 4 2000, aged 84. ‘Geoff’ as he was affectionately known by colleagues throughout the hospital service in the Midlands, was educated at Bedford School, King Edward’s School Birmingham, and Birmingham University.

Roy Ivor Harding Whitlock was an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Belfast. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon, or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk.

Rüdiger Becker was a professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Münster, Germany. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon, or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk.