John Stephens was a general surgeon at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He was born on 29 March 1919 in Northamptonshire, where his father was an engineer with farming interests. Educated at Stowe School, his scholastic achievements were complimented by a flair for sport, particularly rugby. At Gonvill

Maurice White Falloon was head of the department of surgery at Wanganui Hospital, New Zealand. He was born in Masterton, New Zealand, on 24 July 1921, the son of John William Archibald Falloon, a sheep farmer, and Grace née Miller, a farmer’s daughter. His father was the longstanding chairman of the

Richard Vasey ‘Dick’ Fiddian was a consultant general surgeon at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital from 1964 to 1989. He was born on 6 October 1923 in Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancashire, where his father, James Victor Fiddian, was a general practitioner-surgeon. His mother, Doris Mary née White, came fr

Robert Fuller was born in Acton, London, on 4 January 1916. His father, Charles, was a company director. His mother was Mildred Kate née Lambert, a housewife. Robert was educated at St Paul's from 1928 to 1934, and then went on to St Mary's Hospital to study medicine. After qualifying in 1939, with

David Gatehouse was a consultant surgeon, first at Shotley Bridge Hospital, Consett, County Durham, and then at Hexham Hospital. He was born in York in 1944 and went on to study medicine at Birmingham University, qualifying in 1968. He held specialist posts in surgery in Birmingham, as a registrar a

Arnold Gourevitch was a consultant surgeon in Birmingham. He was born in Paris on 24 February 1914, the son of Russian Jewish émigrés. At the outbreak of the first world war his parents fled to England, eventually settling in Birmingham. His father, Mendel, later qualified as a doctor and became a g

Fred Graves was a general surgeon in Staffordshire with an interest in urology. He was born in Hereford in 1919, later studied medicine at University College Hospital and specialised in surgery at King’s College Hospital. He was subsequently appointed consultant general surgeon at Staffordshire Gene

In addition to a medical education, by which he attained the MD of Pavia and Erfurt, Este acquired a knowledge of the countries and languages around the Mediterranean. His first appointment was that of Assistant Surgeon to the 3rd Foot Guards. He served in Sir Ralph Abercrombie's expedition to Egypt

Practised at Walthamstow. Was at one time Surgeon to the Wanstead Lying-in Charity and to the Boys' Mission School, Walthamstow; at the time of his death was Surgeon to the Girls' Mission School, Walthamstow, the Police of Walthamstow and Leyton, and the Foresters Society. He was a Fellow of the Lin

Educated at Guy's Hospital. He was Surgeon, and later Consulting Surgeon, to the Southwark Lying-in Charity. He practised at 166 Great Dover Street, Southwark, and at Acre House, Brixton, where he died on March 2nd, 1872. His photograph is in the College Album. Publications: "Case of Hydrocele of t

Born at Derby, the youngest son of a large family. At an early age he became a pupil of Messrs T and H Lomas, of Belper, a firm which, for fifty years, turned out a succession of energetic and well-trained practitioners. He finished his education at University College Hospital, and in 1840 began to

The eldest son of George Fabian Evans, elected Physician to the Birmingham General Hospital in 1835, who was head of his profession in Birmingham. He was educated under the guidance of his father at the General Hospital and Sydenham College, Birmingham, and was then a student at St. Bartholomew's Ho