William Warwick James was born on 20 September 1874 in Wellingborough School, and also had the advantage of making good use of his father's fine library. Having decided to become a dentist he began his training as an apprentice in his native town and then came to London to the Royal Dental and the M

Educated at Wesley College and Ormonde College, University of Melbourne, where he was awarded a major scholarship, he was later at the Middlesex Hospital as a postgraduate. After qualification he worked as a general practitioner in Kyneton, and in 1908 as resident medical officer at the Alfred Ho

He was educated at Guy's Hospital, and qualified first as a dentist. After serving as house surgeon, resident medical officer, and surgical registrar at Guy's he settled in general practice at Stamford, Lincolnshire, where he became surgeon to the Infirmary and also to the Holbeach Emergency Hospita

This obituary appeared in volume four: Born in 1884 he received his medical education at Charing Cross Hospital, where after qualifying he was appointed house surgeon, and then became a house surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. At one time resident medical officer at the Hampstead

Brian Robinson was a surgeon commander in the Royal Navy. 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

Frank Clare Wilkinson was born in Wallasey on 31 August 1889. His father, also Frank, was a Liverpool pilot and his mother, Annie, née Clare, came from a family connected with shipping. Both his grandfathers were ship's captains. He was educated at Wallasey Grammar School and Liverpool University. H

Aubrey Gordon Short was the principal of the dental school at Wellington, New Zealand.

David Poswillo, who died in London in June 2003, was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, in 1927 and graduated in Dentistry at the University of Otago in 1948. He obtained the Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in England in 1951, returning to a post in oral and maxillofacial

George Smith was a brigadier in the Royal Army Dental Corps. 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

Alan John Drinnan was a professor of dental surgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, USA. He was born in Bristol, England on 6 April 1932, the son of Leslie Cyril John Drinnan and Doris May Drinnan née Porter. He served as a dental officer in the Army and later immigrated

Gordon Fordyce trained in dentistry at the University of St Andrews in Dundee from 1942 to 1946. After a few months of practice he was called up for national service where he treated army recruits and, after a year, was posted to Austria where he worked at the 31st British General Hospital as No 2 d

Edwin Priestley died peacefully in Scarborough on January 14, 1993. He was an active member of the British Dental Association for over 50 years. Born in Accrington on February 11, 1903, Edwin qualified in dental surgery at Liverpool in 1926 with his close friend Laurie Roberts, who later became t