Professor Richard (Dick) Clayton Bennett AM, FRACS had been a Fellow of this College since 1960 and a graduate of the University of Adelaide. As a surgeon in practice, he was based at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne from 1966 to 1990. Professor Bennett was admitted to the Court of Honour in 1987

When Ade (as he was universally known) died, the President of Nigeria said that his country had lost an icon. Ade would have liked the word because of its classical connotations; not only was he an academic surgeon with an international reputation, but he was also an author and an historian with a w

Darrel Felix Weinmann was educated at St Peter’s College, Colombo where he was a high achiever both academically and on the sports field, becoming school cricket captain. He studied medicine in Sri Lanka, qualifying with first class honours and winning the Hallet prize, and then travelled to the UK.

Eugene Poh Hwye Chu was a general surgeon in Hong Kong. He studied medicine at Melbourne University graduating in 1956 and doing house jobs at the Prince Henry Hospital. Having passed the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1959, he passed the college fellowship the following

Earl Ming-Teh Lu was a consultant surgeon for over 40 years at the Mount Alvernia, Mount Elizabeth and Gleneagles Hospitals in Singapore. A talented artist, he was considered one of Singapore’s most prominent art patrons and philanthropists. Born in Hong Kong on 15 September 1925, he was the fourth

John Russell was a surgeon who lived in Tenterden, Kent. 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

Benarsi Talwar was a general surgeon in Chandigarh, India. 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

Cheung-Ping Chan was a general surgeon based in Hong Kong. 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

John Harold Frank Batstone was born on 25 May 1924 in the Belgian Congo, the son of John a clergyman and his wife, Gwendoline Lilian, née Hurst. After education at Collington Rise School, Bexhill, and Sherborne School, he went to Jesus College, Cambridge, gaining the Rustat Exhibition. He trained in

Iain Ferguson MacLaren was born on 28 September 1927 in Edinburgh. His father, Patrick MacLaren, was a GP in a one man practice. Initially educated at the Edinburgh Academy, he won a scholarship to Fettes College in 1939. Proceeding to Edinburgh University, he qualified in medicine in 1949 and began

Jim Lawson was a consultant surgeon at North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke-on-Trent. He was born in Birmingham on 28 October 1930. He was educated at King Edward’s School and qualified from Birmingham University Medical School in 1954, intercalating with a degree in physiology in 1952. He als

Sir Anthony Grabham was a consultant surgeon at Kettering General Hospital and an influential chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA). He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 19 July 1930. His father, John Grabham, was a police inspector; his mother was Lily Grabham. He was educated at St Cu