Born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on October 6th, 1861. He studied at the Medical College and was House Surgeon and Surgical Registrar at the Royal Infirmary At one time he was Resident Medical Officer at the Newcastle Dispensary and House Surgeon at the Ingham Infirmary, South Shields. He was then appoin

The only son of Thomas Ouston, of Holmefield. He was educated at the Yorkshire College and at Guy's Hospital. For two or three years he held important posts at Leeds General Infirmary, where he was Senior House Surgeon and Ophthalmic and Aural House Surgeon, and at Horsforth, where he was Resident M

Born in London on April 11th, 1847, the second son of Mr Cumberbatch, a merchant in Barbados. He was educated at Grosvenor College, Bath. As a medical student at St Bartholomew's Hospital he soon showed himself a skilful dissector, obtained a prize for anatomy, and in due course won the Kirkes Gold

Vera Gammon was an consultant ENT surgeon in East Glamorgan. 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

Born at Blackburn on 21 January 1866, the second child and eldest son of Thomas Firth, cotton spinner and manufacturer, and Betty Fielden Lacy, his wife. He was educated privately and at Owens College, Manchester, before beginning his medical training at King's College and University College Hospita

Mildred Faulkner (née Warde) was born in Knowsley, Lancs, on 18 February 1897 the daughter of Wilfred Brougham Warde who was medically qualified holding a London MD. She was educated at Hamilton House, Tunbridge Wells, and studied at Manchester University from 1915 to 1918. She studied medicine at t

Venkataswamy Maddimsetti Naidu was born in Madras on 22 March 1909, the son of Sitiah Naidu, a magistrate. His early education was at schools in Karinada and Raramudry in Madras and then he entered Andhra Medical College. After qualifying he was tutor in physiology and during the war years served in

John Glyn Bowen was born at Maestag, West Glamorgan, on May 13 1906 and was educated at Cardigan Grammar School. He entered the Welsh National School of Medicine in 1924 where he had a distinguished student career and graduated BSc with distinction. In 1927 he entered the London Hospital Medical Col

Born in Bhavnagar on 15 September 1903, he was educated at the Elphinstone High School, the Elphinstone College and the Royal Institute of Science, Bombay. He received his medical education at Grant Medical College, Bombay from 1923 to 1928, and was appointed house surgeon and surgical registrar at

Born in London on 20 February 1931 to Harris Berkley, a pharmacist and Dora Le Vine, Reginald Maurice Berkley was educated at King Edward VII School, King's Lynn. He went to Melbourne in 1950, where he studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Hospital. After graduating

He was educated at the High School, Birmingham and later at Guy's Hospital where he was a prizeman and held house appointments, obtaining a gold medal in the MS in 1905. Originally intending to become a consultant in London, he was appointed to the East London Hospital for Children, Shadwell and

Little information is available about John Oliver. After graduating at Trinity College, Dublin, and postgraduate work at the Middlesex Hospital, he was appointed assistant surgeon at the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat, Golden Square; surgeon to Saffron Walden Hospital, and surgeon and aural spe