Henry Naylor, always known as 'Harry', was a consultant general surgeon to the Basildon and Thurrock NHS Trust and trained at the Royal Free Hospital in London. He was for a time medical director at Basildon Hospital. He had a fine reputation as a surgeon, and as a teacher he was very popular with L

Prabhakar Shankar Phatak, known as 'Prabhu', was a consultant general surgeon at the Whittington Hospital. He was born in Pusad, Maharashtra, India, on 20 March 1936, the son of Shankar Ganesh Phatak, a lawyer, and Uma Phatak née Kelkar, a housewife. His mother's father was a doctor. He attended the

Joseph Attard (known to all as ‘Pep’) was a consultant general surgeon in Malta. He was born on 14 September 1932 in Senglea, a town in the Grand Harbour area of Malta. His father was Caesar Attard, a general practitioner and junior surgeon at the main civil hospital of Malta in Floriana. His mother

Abdul Mannan was a surgeon who lived in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. 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

Brian John Stoodley was a consultant general surgeon at Eastbourne District General 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

Komaluru Radhakrishna Visvanathan, known as ‘Vishy’, was a general surgeon in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was born in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India on 3 September 1929, the second of eight children of K V Radhakrishna and Mahalakshmi. He studied medicine in Madras and qualified in 1954. He trave

Manushehr Sabetian was a consultant surgeon at the London Welbeck Hospital. He studied medicine at Durham University, qualifying in 1954. He gained his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1958, his ChM from Liverpool University in 1962 and the fellowship of the Royal Colle

Lenrie Peters was a distinguished poet and surgeon. He was born in Bathurst (now Banjul), the capital of Gambia. Both his parents, Kezia and Lenrie Peters, had emigrated from Sierra Leone. His father, Lenrie, was editor of the Gambia Echo. His mother Kezia had been brought up in England. Of Lenrie’s

Tim de Dombal was born on 16 August 1937 in Sheffield, the son of Leonard Arthur de Dombal, a general practitioner, and Frances Edith, née Hire, a teacher. He won a scholarship to Uppingham School, and in 1955 went up to Pembroke College, Cambridge, to read natural sciences. There, his prowess at

Roy Lawrence Willis Fink was born in Ballarat on 27 April 1938. His father was a state school headmaster and the family moved between various country towns, including Learmonth, Yea and Benalla, before moving to Ferntree Gully and subsequently Bentleigh. His early years were influenced by World War

William Tudor Davies was a general and vascular consultant surgeon in Cardiff. He was born on 17 July 1940. Qualifying MB, ChB in 1963, he did house jobs at the Middlesex Hospital in London and the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. In 1967 he passed the fellowship of the college. He spent tim

Justin Kelly established vascular surgery in Lancaster and south Cumbria; the unit later developed to include Preston and Blackpool. He was born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire on 7 February 1938, the son of Bernard Kelly, who worked for the company Lamson Paragon, and Katherine Kelly née Hodgson, a