Sholem Glaser was a general surgeon at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. Born on 12 May 1912 in Cape Town, the son of Hessel Glaser, a fruit-grower, and Sonia née Zuckerman, he was educated at the South African College School and the University of Cape Town, where he followed his cousin Solly Zucke

Studied at University College Hospital and began to practise at Milton, near Gravesend, Kent, where he was District Medical Officer of the Gravesend and Milton Union and Surgeon to the Dispensary. Between 1855 and 1863 he removed to 25 King's Street, Gravesend, then to 3 Woodville, Gravesend, and ab

Studied at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, and practised at Crayford, Kent, where he was Surgeon to the Police and Certifying Factory Surgeon. He underwent a long painful illness, over which his friends, Erasmus Wilson, Henry Smith, and John Adams, consulted together, and he died at Crayford on Nov

Studied in Dublin, where in 1838 he was Accoucheur to the Western Lying-in Hospital. He was next Assistant House Surgeon to the Chester Infirmary, and then practised in Gloucester, where he was Surgeon and Physician to the Rush and Lusk General Dispensary, in 1849 to the Cholera Hospital, to the Glo

Studied at Guy's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon. He then became House Surgeon at the General Infirmary, Northampton, but died on June 27th, 1863.

Hassan Agha Hashemian was a professor of surgery and head of the department of surgery at the Cancer Institute, Tehran. He was born in Kashan, Iran, on 14 April 1915, the son of Hossein Hashemian, a velvet merchant, and Nagar, a housewife. He was educated at Tehran Boys School, and then received a s

Brian Hayes was a consultant surgeon at East Glamorgan Hospital, Pontypridd. He was born in Tibshelf, Derbyshire, in 1929, the son of a miner. He was brought up in the north east of England, until the family moved to south Wales. He studied medicine in Newcastle, and went on to hold junior posts in

The eldest son of Stephen Hammick, surgeon and Alderman of Plymouth, and Elizabeth Margaret, daughter of John Love, Surgeon of Plymouth Dockyard. He studied under his father at the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, in 1792, and in 1793 was appointed Assistant Surgeon there. In 1799, after further stud

Joined the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on Sept 18th, 1799, being promoted to Surgeon on March 5th, 1813, and to Superintending Surgeon on June 24th, 1826. He became a member of the Calcutta Medical Board on July 23rd, 1833, and President on Feb 25th, 1834. He saw active service in the Third Mar

Bob Horton was a consultant surgeon at the United Bristol Hospitals. He was born in south London on 5 July 1917, the son of Arthur John Budd Horton, a schoolteacher, and Isabel Horton née Cotton, the daughter of a master mariner. He was educated at the Haberdashers’ Aske’s School, and studied medici

Kodituwakku Gnanapala Jayasekera was a distinguished surgeon in Sri Lanka and Australia. He was born in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). He travelled to the UK, where he became a Fellow of the College in 1948. Soon after, he returned to Sri Lanka. In 1954 he was appointed as honorary surgeon to the Queen, d

Air Vice Marshal Rhys Tudor Brackley Jones was born on 16 November 1925 in Middlesex, the son of the late Sir Edgar and Lady Jones. He studied medicine at St Mary’s Hospital, where he qualified MRCS LRCP in April 1950 and became a house surgeon there. His surgical training rotation continued at Haro