After qualifying in Leeds in 1960, Jean-Noel Poilly did junior surgical and obstetric posts before emigrating to Canada where he practised general surgery at the Hopital Chibougamau in Quebec Province. He is thought to have died in 2000.

David Ritchie was born on 24 September 1920 in Falkirk, one of the four children of George Ritchie, a licensed grocer. At first he seemed destined for the Presbyterian ministry, and graduated MA with honours in theology and classics from Glasgow, but then changed his vocation and read medicine at Ma

Roy Kenneth Rowley was a general surgeon whose career was largely spent overseas. He was born in Birmingham on 19 February 1931. His father was Harold Herbert Rowley, an inspector for Birmingham City Transport. His mother was Nellie May Perks. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, fro

Nagarajan Raghupati qualified MB BS at Madras University in 1956 and came to Britain and gained the Fellowship in 1966. Thereafter he practised at the Central Park Surgery, Leyland, Lancashire, where he died suddenly on 30 October 1991.

Little is known about Shanker Mehta. He never supplied information to the Medical Directory, but his name does occur in the Medical Register. He qualified MB BS Agra in 1956 and gained his Fellowship in 1966, having obtained the Edinburgh Fellowship in the previous year. He seems to have practised i

A former Professor of Surgery at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Sir Ian McAdam played a leading part in establishing the high reputation of the Makerere Medical School. He was born in the small town of Parys, South Africa, near the Rhodesian border, the son of W J McAdam, a mining engineer, a

Clive Stephenson was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 12 November 1933 and was educated at Scots College. He studied medicine at Wellington, where he qualified in 1957, held house posts and was a surgical registrar. After a year demonstrating anatomy in Otago, he went to London in 1962 to speci

Colin Skelton was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 31 March 1935 and educated at Christchurch West High School and Otago Medical School. After house appointments at Christchurch Hospital and Grey Hospital, Greymouth, he became surgical registrar at Christchurch Hospital and then came to England

From Cambridge, Ralph Nottidge did his clinical studies at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was house physician, surgeon, and surgical registrar. He then worked as a medical officer in the Jane Furse Memorial Hospital in the Transvaal, South Africa, before returning to take up general practice in

Christopher Tiwari was educated at Agra University and at the SW Medical College, Agra, gaining a BSc in 1947 and qualifying MB BS in 1952. After qualification he was a demonstrator in pathology at his medical college, before coming to Britain and gaining his Fellowship. Thereafter he held registrar