In the course of his career, Douglas Roy held appointments as a professor of surgery on three continents. He was born on 10 April 1925, the son of Arthur Roy and Edith Mary (née Brown). Educated at Paisley Grammar School, he went to Glasgow University to study medicine. After house appointments, he

Donald William Hugh Ruddick was a senior surgeon at Montreal General Hospital. He was born in Montreal on 23 October 1916, the son of William Wallace Ruddick, a general surgeon at Montreal General Hospital and a graduate of McGill University, and Ernesteen Angelic née Saucier. The family had a medic

Conrad Latto was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. He was born on 3 March 1915, the son of David and Christina Latto. His father was the town clerk of Dundee, his mother a frugal Scot who scrupulously saved towards the education of their three sons. Conrad, Gordon and Do

David Bell was a surgeon at Belfast City Hospital. The son of William George Thompson Bell, a farmer and mill-owner from Cookstown, Northern Ireland, and Emma Jane Bell, he was born on 20 June 1920. A great uncle, cousin and brother were all doctors. From the Rainey Endowed School he went to Queen’s

Louis Blumberg was a consultant surgeon in Cape Town and a respected medical historian. He was born in 1920 and educated in Cape Town, where he graduated in 1944. He went to England to specialise in surgery, passed the FRCS, and returned to South Africa, developing a private practice in Cape Town

Richard Oliver was a general surgeon who lived in Anglesey. He qualified MB, BS in 1948 and passed the conjoint diploma the same year. He did his national service as a captain in the RAMC and then proceeded to the fellowship of the College in 1954. After early surgical posts at the Brompton Hospital

Born on May 20th, 1858, the youngest son of the thirteen children of John Fisher by his wife Emma Mortimer. He was educated at King's College School and at St George's Hospital, where he was Ophthalmic and Orthopaedic Assistant and House Surgeon. He resided first at 60 Cadogan Place, SW, and removed

Son of Peter Fisher, of Perth, by Mary, daughter of James Kennay, of York, was born in London on January 30th, 1788. He was apprenticed to John Andrews and was educated at St George's and Westminster Hospitals. He was appointed Surgeon to the Bow Street patrol in 1821, and was promoted to the post o

Practised at Kendal and then at Cartmel, Lancashire, where he died in 1858.

Born in London on June 23rd, 1829, and was educated at University College, where he was Secretary of the Medical Society. He completed his medical training in Paris, Berlin, and Vienna, and entered the Army as an Assistant Surgeon on the Staff, his commission being dated April 13th, 1852. He served

Born at Plymouth on December 6th, 1824, the second of the six sons and two daughters of Commander Robert John Fayrer, RN. One of his brothers was George Fayrer (qv). He was a pupil of the Rev R Wallace at Dalrymple, and was sent afterwards to a private school at Liverpool. He studied engineering for

Educated in Sheffield and at St Thomas's Hospital. He practised throughout life at Eyam Terrace, Eyam, Derbyshire, and died there on October 2nd, 1888.