Malcolm Graham was an ophthalmic surgeon in Dublin. Born in Dublin on 1 April 1924, he was the oldest child of Malcolm Moore Graham, a clergyman in the Church of Ireland and his wife Constance Kathleen Hilary née Vaughan who was the daughter of a solicitor. After attending Mourne Grange School, Kilk

Humphrey John Anthony Hahn was an ophthalmic surgeon. He studied medicine at London University and qualified MB BS in 1948 passing the conjoint examination in the same year. At St George’s Hospital he did house jobs in ophthalmology and also at the St John Ophthalmic Hospital in Israel. Joining th

Rudolph Blach was dean of the Institute of Ophthalmology, London, and a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He was the son of Hedwig Jeanette Blach, a nurse companion. She was originally from Germany, but became a British citizen in 1948, at the same time as her son. Blach stud

Studied at Westminster Hospital and practised at West Tree Villa, Maidstone, Kent, where he founded the Kent County Ophthalmic Hospital. He later had consulting-rooms in London at 11 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square. Late in life he lived at Maitland House, The Parade, Tunbridge Wells, whilst continui

Studied at St George's Hospital, and practised at 59 Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park. At one time he was Surgeon to the North London Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye. He died in retirement on July 10th, 1872.

Alan Higgitt was an honorary consultant ophthalmologist at Charing Cross Hospital, London. He qualified at University College Hospital. After junior posts he joined the RNVR as a surgeon lieutenant, ophthalmic specialist, on a hospital ship which was on active service in the Indian Ocean. After th

David Laws was a neonatal, paediatric and general ophthalmic surgeon at Singleton Hospital in Swansea. 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 John Absolon was an ophthalmic surgeon in Southampton and Winchester. He was born in Cheltenham in 1933 and studied natural sciences at St John's College, Cambridge, and then went on to complete his clinical studies at the London Hospital Medical School. While at Cambridge he represented the

Philip Neville Awdry was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at United Oxford Hospitals and Oxford Royal Hospital for the Blind. Born in 1933, he was the son of Neville John Awdry TD and his wife, Joan née Visger. Ophthalmologist to the Royal Commonwealth Society Blind Mobile Field Team, it is possible

Adrian Sollom received his medical education at Guy's Hospital where he qualified in 1959. He did his surgical training in ophthalmology at Southampton, Birmingham and Moorfields before going to Wolverhampton as a consultant ophthalmic surgeon. He retired in 1998 and died on 24 April in Canterbury,

Practised in Birmingham, and was Surgeon to the Edgbaston Eye Infirmary. In 1835 he gained the Jacksonian Prize for an essay on "Injuries and Diseases of the Larynx, also of the Trachea and its Treatment", which was afterwards published (8vo, London, 1837; Philadelphia, 1838, 1841). He was much este

Sundram Pillai studied medicine at the Westminster Hospital and Guy's. He passed the Conjoint Diploma in 1939 and the FRCS in 1949. He was outpatients' officer to Moorfields Eye Hospital, senior house surgeon to the Kent County Ophthalmic Hospital, Maidstone, and ophthalmic registrar to the Swansea