Arnold Sorsby achieved national and international distinction as an ophthalmologist. He was a gentle, gracious and skilful surgeon, a man of great intellectual ability as shown in his works on genetics, blindness, medical history and as a poetry anthologist. He was a person of considerable charm, wi

George Frederick Grant Batchelor was born in Dundee on 6 April 1902, the son of Robert, a merchant and his wife, Margaret Grant, née Hill. He attended Dundee High School, then trained in medicine at St Andrew's University, University College, where he came first in operative surgery, pathology, opht

Alexander Cameron MacLeod was born on 7 December 1899 the eldest son of Charles Edward Alexander MacLeod a Fellow of the College (see *Lives of the Fellows*, 1930-51, p.516), and his wife, Edith Ann Budd-Budd. The second son, Douglas Hamilton MacLeod, also became a Fellow, obtaining his diploma in t

There are no details of John Francis Edward Gillam's date of birth, family, education or early medical appointments. He qualified from St Thomas's Hospital in 1925 and took the FRCS four years later. In 1931 he moved to a general practice partnership at Haverfordwest where he also practised surgery.

John Parry Monkhouse was born on 18 December 1899. He did the medical course at St Mary's Hospital and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1925, proceeding to the London degree the following year. After house appointments he soon began to specialize in otolaryngology, and after taking the FRCS in

Geoffrey Yates-Bell was born in London on 6 December 1902, and educated at St Dunstan's College and King's College Hospital Medical School. He qualified in 1925 and subsequently held junior appointments at King's. In 1930, at the early age of 28, he was appointed consultant urologist to King's Colle

Gertrude Mary Beatrice Morgan was born in Edinburgh in November 1901 and was educated at Edinburgh Ladies' College and Newnham, College, Cambridge. After graduating in the Natural Science Tripos in 1923 she went to St Mary's Hospital, London, where she qualified with the Conjoint Diploma and graduat

Arkyl Staveley Gough was born on 16 September 1900 and after completing his early education became a cadet pilot in the newly formed Royal Air Force. He was demobilised in 1919 and entered Guy's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1925. During his student years he served in the Territorial Army w

Stephen Power was born in Reading in 1902 the son of a general practitioner in Stamford Hill in North London. He was educated at St Ignatius College and the London Hospital Medical School, graduating MB, BS in 1925. He was appointed house surgeon and subsequently clinical assistant at the London and

Basil Roy Sworn was born on 14 October 1901 in Burnham, Staffordshire, the son of Ernest Andrew Sworn, a doctor, and Alice Sworn. He was educated at Epsom College and St Thomas’s Hospital, qualifying in 1925 with the Conjoint Diploma and graduating MB BS in 1926. He became first a clinical assistan

Born in Birmingham on 18 December 1900, son of George Owen Donovan, an electrical engineer, and Mabel Smith, Thomas Smith Donovan was educated at King Edward VI School, Aston, and King Edward School, Birmingham. He graduated MB ChB Birmingham in 1924. He was house surgeon, house physician and reside

Libero Fatti was born on 13 January 1901 in Johannesburg of Italian parents, Luigi and Eliza Fatti, pioneers who had come from Sansepolcro, a small town in Tuscany, in 1896. He was educated until 1915 at the German school in Johannesburg and then at St John's College. After matriculating he started