Vaman Raghunath Mirajkar was born on 13 October 1887 in Mangalore where he received his early education, proceeding to the Grant Medical College where he graduated MB BS in the University of Bombay in 1913. He then became house surgeon to Colonel Street, Professor of Surgery in Bombay, and served in

H W L Molesworth, a very human and kindly man, was known to his friends as "Moley" or "the Old Mole". He was the son of Mr Justice Molesworth, Puisne Justice of Victoria and was born in Melbourne in 1892. He was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and subsequently at Tonbridge School and the London

Cedric Longland was born at Bolobo in the Belgian Congo on 30 September 1914. His father, Frank Longland, was a civil engineer in East Africa and later Provincial Commissioner for Tanganyika Territory. Daisy Longland, Cedric's mother, was one of the earliest women to qualify in medicine at Edinburgh

Mr Ronald Raven, in his citation on the occasion of the admission of Professor Lortat-Jacob to the Honorary Fellowship, said: 'Mr President. The fellowship existing between British and French surgeons is strengthened by the presence here today of Professor Jean-Louis Lortat-Jacob to receive the high

James Lythgoe was born in Wilmslow, Cheshire, on 10 November 1926, the son of Sir James Lythgoe CBE, a municipal accountant, who was quondam Chairman of the Manchester Regional Hospital Board, and Dorothy May, née Ashworth. He was educated at Bootham School, York, and St John's College, Cambridge, b

Douglas Mackenzie qualified MB BS at Sydney University in 1952 and held house posts at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, before obtaining a registrarship at the Southend General Hospital, Sydney. He subsequently came to Britain and gained the Fellowship in 1957. Returning to Australia, he wa

Born on 20 May 1885 in Travancore he was educated at Madras Medical College, where he qualified in 1909, and at the Middlesex and London Hospitals. He was gazetted a Lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service on 28 January 1911 and took the Conjoint diplomas a fortnight later. He was promoted Captain

Born at Edgbaston, Birmingham son of K M Pardhy FRCS, he received his medical education at Caius College, Cambridge, where he took second-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos part I, 1934, and at the Birmingham Medical School. He was surgical superintendent of St George's Hospital, Bombay wh

Arthur Hamilton was born in Edinburgh on 21 July 1897, he went to school at George Watson's College, and then to the University of Edinburgh where he graduated in medicine with honours in 1920, winning the Annandale Gold Medal in clinical surgery. His subsequent appointments laid an excellent founda

Clement Edward Shattock was born 2 August 1887, at Clapham, London, the second son of Samuel George Shattock, FRS, FRCS, and Lucy Wood. He was educated at Wimbledon College and University College Hospital Medical School where he qualified in 1909. He had a brilliant academic career, obtaining entran

Sydney Graham Aitken became FRCS in 1946. Little is known about his life except that he was working at St Margaret's Hospital, Auckland, in 1975 when he disappeared from records, presumed to have died.

Michael Aidoo was born in Mpohor, Ghana on 11 February 1935. His father was a farmer. He was educated at St Augustine's College, Cape Coast, Ghana, and the University College of Gold Coast. He attended King's College, London and the Westminster Medical School. He died on 22 December 1975. He had one