Martin Singer was a pioneering hand surgeon who established the first hand clinic in South Africa at the Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. 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

Peter Mahaffey was a consultant plastic and hand surgeon at Bedford Hospital. 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

Murray Matthewson was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Cambridge and a former president of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand. 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

Ashoke Sengupta was head of the department of surgery at the Institute of Child Health in Calcutta. He was born in Kohima, Nagaland, on 21 June 1931. His father, Jitendra Mohan Sengupta, was a surgeon and had won a gold medal in the DTM&H. His mother was Tarunbala née Majumdar. He was privately educ

Roger Edward Adlard was a much-loved consultant plastic surgeon, sub-specialising in hand surgery, at St George’s Hospital, London. He was born on 11 April 1972 at Queen Mary’s Maternity Home, Hampstead, London, to Mavis Adlard née Ritchie and Maxwell Wright Adlard. He grew up in Hertfordshire along

Robert Robins, known as 'Robbie' to his family and friends, was an orthopaedic surgeon noted for his role in the development of hand surgery, a *bon viveur* and a well-known figure in Cornish society. He was born on 7 August 1923 to Ethel May Robins née Greenwood and Hugh Canning Cradock Robins,

Hugh Graham Stack was born in Bristol on 7 December 1915, the third son of Edward H E Stack FRCS (*Lives of the Fellows* 2, 340), ophthalmic surgeon to the Bristol Royal Infirmary, and his wife Caroline, née Kennedy. His early education was at Clifton College and whilst there he was awarded the H H

Tom Wadsworth was one of the leading orthopaedic surgeons of his generation. He was born on 13 January 1930 in Liverpool, the son of Samuel Bertram Wadsworth and Elizabeth Brown. He was the youngest of four children and, being 14 years junior to the rest, had relatively old parents. His birth was di

Gordon Robertson was a specialist in plastic surgery in Winnipeg and an associate professor at the University of Manitoba’s faculty of medicine. 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.

Hugh Brown was a consultant plastic surgeon at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, and a former president of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand. He was born on 25 February 1927 in Newcastle upon Tyne. His father, Charles Frank Brown, was a bank manager; his mother was Edith Temple Brow

Neil Watson was a hand surgeon in Oxford and Milton Keynes, and later a successful artist. He was born on 13 February 1944 at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford. Neil's father, John Stuart Ferra Watson, and paternal grandfather were both Guy's-trained doctors. As his father served in the Royal Army M

Alwyn Wilkinson was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Oldham Hospital. He was born on 9 March 1925. His mother’s maiden name was Day. He grew up in Hollinwood, Oldham and studied medicine at Manchester University. He qualified in 1949 and gained his FRCS in 1961. He trained in Manch