Raymond Anikwe was a leading urological surgeon in Nigeria. He was born on 5 June 1935, the son of Chief Lawrence Akunwanne and Helen Oyeigwe Anikwenze in Nnobi, Anambra State, Nigeria. He was educated at St Mary Primary School, Umulu, and St Joseph Primary School, Onitsha. In 1951 he entered th

Jim Mortensen was a urological surgeon in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia, on 15 May 1926, the only child of Henry Newman Mortensen and Lorna née Bray, who were both general practitioners. His father went to England in the early 1930s to specialise in surgery and

Peter Riddle was a well-known urologist who worked all his consultant life in London. He was emeritus surgeon at University College London and at St Peter's Hospital, and had been sub-dean at the Institute of Urology. He was born on 1 September 1933. His father, Leonard, was an assurance broker and

Horace Noble Guthrie Hudson was a urological surgeon for the North East Metropolitan Regional Health Board. He studied medicine at Middlesex Hospital Medical School, qualifying with the conjoint diploma in 1937. He gained his FRCS in 1942. His previous appointments included working as a surgical re

Timothy (Tim) Christmas was a consultant urological surgeon at Charing Cross and the Royal Marsden Hospitals in London and, at his untimely death, was "widely regarded as one of Britains's great urological surgeons". Born in Cheltenham on 2 February 1956, he was educated at Bournemouth School. He wo

Michael Bultitude was a much respected urologist at St Thomas' Hospital who helped set up the first public lithotripter service in the UK for renal stones and also made significant contributions to the study of urodynamics. He was born on 29 September 1936 in Withernsea, Yorkshire, the only child o

Ole Hart Hansen was a consultant urological surgeon in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was born on 7 November 1938. He trained in surgery mainly in Copenhagen, becoming a specialist in surgery in 1974 and, in 1976, in gastroenterology. In 1980 he defended his thesis on cellular renewal in the human gastric

John Dudley Jenkins was a consultant urologist in Southampton. A proud Welshman, he was born in Swansea on 7 August 1931. His father, John Gerwyn Jenkins, was the director of wage negotiations for British Steel in South Wales. He was also 'Roy Allan' in the thirties BBC programme 'Roy Allan and his

Donald Urquhart-Hay was a well-known New Zealand urologist who enjoyed an enviable worldwide reputation. He had an excellent postgraduate training in the United Kingdom, mainly in London and organised by the Institute of Urology, and pioneered renal transplantation in Wellington, New Zealand. When s

Jim Peters died at home in Melbourne on 28 September 2010. The caption on his obituary in *The Melbourne Age* on 4th October epitomised his life: 'Amateur champion kicked goals on the field and as a medical specialist.' He loved his profession, his family and his sport. Jim grew up in Victorian c

Helen Parkhouse was a well-respected urological surgeon, a senior lecturer with honorary consultant status in the department of urology at St Thomas' Hospital, London. Born in Manchester into a non-medical family on 5 February 1956, Helen was the only daughter of Austin Fitzmaurice, a shopkeeper, an

Initially trained as a general surgeon, John Considine later specialised in urology and spent his consultant career at Heartlands Hospital (formerly East Birmingham Hospital) in the West Midlands. He was born in County Clare, Ireland, on 30 January 1925 and was educated at University College Dublin