Michael Handley Ashken was a consultant urologist at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Michael's father, Laurence Handley Ashken ('Laurie'), was one of five children born in the East End of London and his mother, Eva Ashken née Cameron, came from Glasgow. With support from his family, Laurie studied

Jeffrey George Watson was a senior consultant urologist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland. Born in Brisbane on 17 September 1924, he was the fourth child and third son of John Andrew Watson, an insurance manager, and his wife Minna Pauline née Maurice. After attending a Church

John Maddern, a major founder of the Urology training scheme, recently died on 8.3.2015. He has left a lasting legacy. John was born in 1925, schooled in Adelaide, and graduated MBBS at Adelaide University in 1948. He commenced a 40-year association with Royal Adelaide Hospital when he started as

Burjor Nusserwanji Colabawalla was head of the department of urology at St George's Hospital, Bombay, from 1959 to 1976. He was born on 18 August 1922 in Karachi, the son of Nusserwanji Burjorji Colabawalla and Khorshed Colabawalla (née Panthaky). He studied at St Patrick's High School in Karachi an

Charles Lennox Ogilvy Macalister, or 'Mac' as he was always known, was a consultant urologist at Bradford Royal Infirmary. He was born on 5 June 1914 in Dundee, where his father, Charles, was a marine engineer. His mother was Elizabeth née McAinsh. He was educated at Morgan Academy and St Andrews Un

Geddes received his medical education at Birmingham University, qualifying MB ChB in 1958, passed the conjoint diploma in the same year, and obtained his Fellowship in 1964. After house posts at Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Birmingham, he was surgical registrar at Birmingham Children's Hospital and s

Denis Poole-Wilson, a consultant surgeon at Salford, was an outstanding urologist of the post-war years, whose pupils went on to staff many of the most successful departments. He began by transforming the situation in Manchester. By demonstrating that treatment, especially for cancer, could be more

Gordon Bryden was a senior lecturer and consultant urologist at the University of Sheffield and the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. He was born on 7 November 1965 in Paisley, Scotland. His father, Archie Bryden, was a virologist, his mother's maiden name was Hunter. His parents moved south when he was t

Stanley Henry Watson, known as Stan, was a consultant urologist at the Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 1 December 1924. His father, Henry Edward Watson, was an accountant; his mother was Sophia Anne Watson née Hester. He studied medicine at the Universi

Mike Snell was a consultant urologist at St Mary's Hospital, London. He was born in Nyasaland (now Malawi), where his father was a tea and coffee planter. He studied medicine at St Mary's, where he qualified in 1960, and was very much influenced by Kenneth Owen. After several junior posts, he decide

John Wickham was a renowned urologist who pioneered keyhole surgery. He was born on 10 December 1927, the son of Alfred James Wickham, a company director of a business at Littlehampton on the south coast, and Hilda May Wickham née Cummins. John’s father died when he was just six years old and from a

Michael Hall was a consultant urologist at the Forest Groups of Hospitals. He was born on 2 April 1925 in Peking, China. His father qualified in medicine from Durham. Soon after, in 1922, he took up a post at a mission hospital in China, moving with his newly-married wife to Peking. There he stayed