Gordon Robert Seward was a professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the London Hospital Medical College’s dental school and a pioneer in the development of maxillofacial surgery. He was born on 18 December 1925 in London, in the borough of Hackney, the only child of Percy Robert Seward (a mast

Andrew Baker was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Leicester Royal Infirmary. He was born in Enfield, London, on 21 February 1961, the son of John Baker, a launderette owner, and Patricia Baker née Mighall, a housewife. He was the youngest of three siblings; he had a brother, John, and

Patrick Leonard James was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at the London Hospital.

Dennis Leveson Wedgwood was professor and chairman of the division of oral surgery at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 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

Bob Woodwards was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at the Royal Blackburn Hospital. 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

On 27 May 2008 family, friends and former colleagues gathered at St Margaret’s Church, Hapton, Norfolk to say farewell to Geoffrey Cheney. Geoffrey was born in Hampshire in 1935, the youngest of five children. After leaving school he undertook his National Service in the Royal Navy. He then bec

Michael George Hodge was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Oxfordshire. 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

Michael Douglas Beetham was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Exeter.

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.

Gordon Hardman was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon in north Wales. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon, or are interested in writing this obituary, please email

William Lamb, known as ‘Bill’, was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and Peterborough District Hospital from 1971 to 2003. He was born in Charlton, London, to Harold Theodore Lamb, a captain in the Merchant Marine, and Rhoda Mary Lamb née Clark, a hea