Don Sheldon was a surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, specialising in gastro-intestinal surgery. He was born on 5 January 1937 in Sydney, the third of the four children of Margret and Mervyn Sheldon. His mother Margret had been a schoolteacher, while his father Mervyn was head of th

Roger Wilkes had a distinguished career in the Royal Navy as an officer and surgeon serving at home and at sea in aircraft carriers. In 1982 he was the senior surgeon at sea on SS *Canberra* during the Falklands War. Later he was surgeon commodore and dean of naval medicine. Roger was born in Sme

Studied at King’s College Hospital, where he became Prosector to Professor Richard Partridge. He had worked in Charing Cross Hospital at a time when there was no Medical School, and also at the Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon to Charing Cross Hospital in 1841, and

Educated at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals. He practised at Middleton by Wirksworth, Derbyshire, and at the time of his death was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and President of the local Mechanic’s Institute. He died on February 7th, 1876.

Born in June, 1817, and entered the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on December 30th, 1843, being promoted Surgeon on July 9th, 1857, and Surgeon Major on December 30th, 1863. He went through the Mutiny (1857-1858), being present during the operations in Oudh (Medal with Clasp). Latterly he was att

Educated at University College, London, where he was House Surgeon. During the Crimean campaign he was Medical Officer to the Crimean Engineer Corps. He then settled in practice at Salisbury in partnership with John Andrews, and was Surgeon to the Salisbury Infirmary, Deputy Coroner for the South Di

The son of John Carden, Surgeon to the Worcester Infirmary, born at Worcester, was educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. His elder brother, Thomas, had succeeded his father and was in turn succeeded by Henry Douglas, who held the post from 1888-1861, when he became Consulting Surgeon. He enjoyed a

Educated at Guy’s Hospital. He practised first at Amersham, Buoks, and was then successively Surgeon to Pentonville and Clerkenwell Prisons, and finally to Millbank. He was a member of the Physical Society of Guy’s Hospital and of the Pathological Society. His private address was 32 Bessborough Stre

Joseph Patrick O’Byrne McMullin (initially known as ‘Shos’) was a general surgeon at St Vincent’s Hospital, St Stephen’s Green/Elm Park, Dublin. He was born in 1921, the eldest son of Joseph Columba McMullin, a surgeon at the Shiel Hospital, Ballyshannon, and later county surgeon in Cavan, and Mary

Douglas Robertson was a consultant general surgeon at the Royal Hospital, Sheffield. He was born in London in 1919 of Scottish parents. His father, Falconer Robertson, was a banker, and his mother, Jane Mary Duff, was a teacher. Douglas was educated at the Stationers’ Company School. He entered St B

John Raine, one of New Zealand's most distinguished surgeons, was born on 12 March 1919 in Wellington. His father John was an importer of china and glassware. His mother was Harriet Eva née Cox. John was educated at Scots College, Wellington, where he was *dux* in 1933, winnng the Pattie cup for the

Neil Fonseka was foundation professor of surgery at the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. A twin, he was born in Colombo on 19 July 1940, the son of Merrennage Gilbert Thomas Fonseka, a clerical officer, and Eugene Wilta Fonseka a school teacher. He was educated at St Matthew’s College, Dematagoda, a