Duncan Davidson Cranna, son of Robert Cranna MB, ChB Aberdeen 1901, of Bolton, was born on 24 June 1909, and was educated at Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, and at Manchester University. He graduated MB, ChB in 1934 and obtained the Conjoint Diploma in the same year. His interest in orthopaedic surger

Few details are available about Quinlan's family history and education. After graduating at Manchester in 1944 he underwent post-graduate training there and at Stoke-on-Trent, Oswestry and Cambridge. He was the first orthopaedic surgeon to be appointed at Scarborough and worked single-handed for two

John Nevile Aston was born in Cheltenham on 4 March 1919 and educated at Monkton Coombe School where he was distinguished academically and as an oarsman. In 1937 he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College where he qualified in 1942 and became house surgeon there for six months. He was then

Max Harrison was a consultant surgeon at the General and Royal Orthopaedic hospitals, Birmingham, and the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. He was born on 16 March 1922 in Leeds. His father, Barnard Harrison, was an insurance broker; his mother, Rebecca Harrison née Greenbe

Ralph Brooke did his medical training at Guy's where he was house surgeon and out-patients' officer. He became general surgeon to the Worthing Hospital and orthopaedic surgeon to the Royal County Hospital. During the second world war he was appointed surgical specialist for the 21st General Hospital

Born on 19 August 1875, the eldest of the three children of Samuel Daw and his wife, *née* Davy; he was educated privately. Daw qualified at the age of thirty from the medical school of Guy's Hospital, where he then served as resident surgical officer. After serving as resident surgical officer and

Reginald Kitchin was a well-liked and industrious orthopaedic surgeon who worked in Canberra, Australia. He was a pioneer in the area, as he was only the second specialist orthopaedic surgeon to practise there from 1963: the first was Dick Vance. As the population grew, they were joined by Keith McG

Sydney Michael Lewis Nade was foundation professor of orthopaedics at the University of Western Australia. His parents, Louis Nade, an electrical engineer from Warsaw Polytechnic, and Ludwika Nade née Kaftal, a law graduate, fled to Australia from Poland in 1938. Their first son, Sydney, named in ho

Sir Rodney Sweetnam was undoubtedly the doyen of orthopaedic surgery of his generation. He had many talents. Foremost, he was a natural surgeon, gifted with great operative dexterity. He was also a pioneer in the research and management of bone tumours, and, thirdly, was an outstanding committee cha

Born at Morrita, South Australia on 3 March 1895, the eldest son of Harry Pomroy of Wallaroo Mines, South Australia. He graduated in medicine from Adelaide University in 1918, and was immediately commissioned in the AAMC of the AIF, with which he served as a captain till 1919. He practised privately

Born on 9 February 1883, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Jenner Verrall (1852-1929), MRCS, and Mary Elizabeth Catt, his wife. Sir Thomas was consulting surgeon to the Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, and a vice-president of the British Medical Association. Paul Verrall was educated at Winchester and T

Born at Sydney, New South Wales, on 4 January 1887, second son of Charles Smith, banker, and his wife, *née* Single. He was educated at the Fort Street High School and Sydney University. During the first world war he served in the Australian Army Medical Corps, and was promoted to the rank of major.