Colin Dale was born in London on 2 June 1934, the son (one of twins) of Charles Hugh Dale, a general practitioner, and Phyllis Lucy, née Spring, a nurse. He was educated at Oundle School and St Bartholomew's Medical School, where he qualified in 1958, and where his father had trained before him.

Damasio Da Costa was born in Zanzibar on 26 July 1927. He was educated in Goa and then at Bombay University, where he graduated MB BS in 1954. Coming to England he was appointed registrar at the Whiston Hospital in Liverpool and then senior registrar to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Blackpool. He

Esmé Hadfield was born on 27 February 1921 in Long Ashton, Bristol. She was the daughter of Geoffrey Hadfield, Professor of Pathology at the Royal College of Surgeons, and Eileen, née Irvine, who came from farming stock in County Fermanagh, Ulster. She was educated at Clifton High School, St Hugh's

Arthur Bateman ('Bryan') was born on 7 December 1913 in London, the son of Dr Alfred Benjamin Bateman, a general practitioner, and his wife Gwendoline Florence, née Grey. He was educated at Oundle and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He recorded that he assisted and was influenced by Sir James Paterson Ro

Jim Moffett was born in Galway in 1904 among people who had witnessed the Irish potato famine. The family then moved to Bromsgrove, where he grew up on a farm and became a keen rider. He received his medical education in Birmingham and qualified in 1929 and after early junior posts specialised in ot

Man Mohan Nath was born on 25 August 1911 at Fazilkah, Punjab - now part of Pakistan. His father, Kanwal Nain, was a magistrate and his mother was Bishan Dei, a housewife. He was part of the Leiah family, who were well known in the Punjab and who all moved to Delhi after the partition of India. Two

Wallace Robert Watson was born in Melbourne on 29 September 1939 the son of Heyworth Alexander Wigglesworth Watson FRCS (*Lives of the Fellows* 1974-1982 p.407), an ear, nose and throat surgeon. His family originated from Montrose and two great-great-uncles had been awarded gold medals in the Edinbu

Maxwell Philip Ellis qualified in medicine in London and trained at University College Hospital. He eventually became surgeon-in-charge to the ENT department at the Central Middlesex Hospital, surgeon to the Royal National Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital and Dean of the Institute of Laryngology and Ot

Humphrey William Elcock was a consultant otorhinolaryngologist in Brighton. He was born in Birmingham on 6 November 1937, the son of Alfred William Elcock, a headmaster, and Edith née Hendrick. He was educated at Adams School, Newport, Shropshire, and St Andrew's University. After junior posts in Du

Henry John Smith Waldeck was born at Oakengates, Shropshire, on 10 June 1927, the son of David Waldeck, an engineer, and his wife Annie Elizabeth, née Roberts. He was educated at Camphill Grammar School and King Edward VI High School, Birmingham, before entering the Birmingham Medical School. He qua

Pundalika Shenoi was born on 28 September 1933 in Mangalore, Southern India, into a family of numerous medical men, although his father, Gopal Krishna Shenoi, was a merchant. His early education was in the University of Madras and Andrha Medical College, where he gained the MB degree with three gold

Gordon Smyth was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 2 May 1929. His father, John Andrew Smyth, was a consultant physician and clinical biochemist at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, and his mother, Viola May Millar was a civil servant in that city. He went to St Columba's College in Dublin an