Born at Brindisi, 10 August 1867, the eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Charles MacLeod, MRCP, FRCS, by his third wife Ann, daughter of George Golland. He was a grandson of John MacLeod, MD, Surgeon-General of Madras. Charles MacLeod was educated at Shrewsbury School, and entered the Westmi

Michael Everett was a general practitioner who worked in Plymouth. He studied medicine at the London Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1956. He gained his FRCS in 1965. Prior to becoming a general practitioner, he was a surgical registrar in Cardiff. Michael Thornton Everett died on 25 Ma

Martin Laird was a general practitioner in Richmond, South Australia. He qualified from Sheffield University in 1941 and then demonstrated anatomy for two years. In 1943 he became a resident medical officer at the Royal Hospital, Sheffield. He then served in the RAMC in Burma, returning after the

Subbayan Keshava Murthy was a general practitioner in Swindon. He was born on 9 April 1931 at Channaraya Patna, in Mysore (now called Karnataka). His father, Venkatajubbiah Murthy, was a government state doctor. His mother was Subbalakhamma Murthy. He was educated at various government schools, fini

Douglas Green belonged to a well-known Ecclesfield family. Educated at Barnsley grammar school, he obtained an open scholarship and a major open county scholarship from the West Riding of Yorkshire to Sheffield University medical school. Green excelled both at work and games: he was a keen Associati

James Llewellin Digby Roberts was born on 15 July 1912 at Kalimpong, India, where his father was a medical missionary. His early years were spent in India, where a favourite family pastime was butterfly hunting on horseback: the superb family collection, which his father initiated, was to become a l

Douglas Bennett was born on 18 July 1918, the son of Geoffrey Bennett, an officer in the North Somerset Yeomanry who subsequently took to ranching in Argentina and his wife Elizabeth Elsa Müller, who was Swiss. He was educated at Minehead Grammar School and at University College Hospital in London,

John Henderson Hunt was born in India on 3 July 1905, the son of Edmund Henderson Hunt, MCh, FRCS (1874-1952, see 1952-1964 volume, page 205) and the elder brother of Alan Henderson Hunt DM, MCh, FRCS (1908-1970, see 1965-1973 volume, page 173). His mother was Laura Mary, daughter of Colonel Sir Jam

Sir Donald Irvine was an outstanding general practitioner who throughout his career was at the heart of changing the relationship between the public and their doctors. He was the first, and so far only, general practitioner to become president of the General Medical Council (GMC). He was responsible

Prasanta Kumar Biswas qualified MB, BS in Calcutta in 1954 and passed the fellowship of the college in 1967. A general practitioner in Pouleton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, he died on 29 December 2018.

David Chalmers studied medicine at Cambridge University qualifying MB, BChir in 1979. He moved to Oxford University as a demonstrator in anatomy and then became a casualty officer at the Birmingham Accident Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre. Following that he joined the staff of the Churchill and J

John Fsadni was a general practitioner who lived in Harpenden. 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