Terence Millin, internationally famous for the introduction of the operation of retropubic prostatectomy, was born in Helen's Bay, County Down, on 9 January 1903. He was educated at St Andrew's College and Trinity College, Dublin, gaining a Kidd Entrance Exhibition in 1921. As an undergraduate he wa

Seamus O'Domhnaill was a consultant urological surgeon in Limerick, Ireland. He was born in Cork on 22 January 1923, the second son of Padraig O'Domhnaill, a school inspector, and Mary O'Domhnaill née Cotter. He attended national schools in Glasheen and Fermoy, Cork, and then Christian Brothers seco

Son of James Walter Everidge, he was educated at King's College School and King's College Hospital, where he was junior scholar in 1904, senior scholar in 1907 and Alfred Hughes anatomy prizeman. He qualified in 1908, and in 1912 became Sambrooke surgical registrar and surgical tutor at King's Colle

Born in 1870 Pardoe was educated at Aberdeen University where he qualified in 1892, and after postgraduate work at Charing Cross and King's College Hospitals in London he took the English Conjoint Diploma in 1895, obtaining the Fellowship in 1902. Specialising in urology he was a house surgeon at

Born 17 August, 1933 the only son of Eric North Parry, he was educated at Parramatta High School, New South Wales and the University of Sydney. He graduated MB, BS from the University of Sydney with second class honours in 1956 and was for two years a resident medical officer at the Royal Prince Alf

Ian Langdale Gregory qualified MB ChB from Manchester University in 1943 and passed the Conjoint Diploma the same year. He worked as supernumerary chief assistant at the Manchester Royal Infirmary and then became surgical registrar to the Withington Hospital, Manchester. He moved to London and was a

Iorwerth Havard Griffiths, always affectionately known as 'Griff', was born at Barry in Glamorgan on 12 January 1909. His father Roland was a master baker and caterer and his mother Celia, née Havard, a housewife. His older brother, G J Griffiths FRCS (1901-1987) was consultant surgeon at Bedford. H

Kenneth Perry was born in London on 25 August 1929. His father, John, was a chef and his mother, Cecilia Gertrude, née Berry, a nurse. From Surrey County School he went to St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, where he qualified MB BS, and afterwards held appointments at Princess Beatrice Hospital and the

Francis Masina was born in Bombay on 1 February 1909, the son of Hormasji Manekji Masina, FRCS, a famous surgeon in India and the first Parsee to obtain the English FRCS. Francis was the second of four children, all of whom graduated from Cambridge University and obtained English medical qualific

Born on 15 May 1873 at Elizabeth, New Jersey, son of Edward Lawrence Keyes (1843-1924) afterwards distinguished as a genito-urinary surgeon in New York, he was educated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, graduating in 1895. Keyes practised as a urological surge

Bruce Clarkson Rennie was born in Perth, Western Australia, in 1904, and educated at the Waitaki Boys' High School and the University of Otago Medical School where he graduated in 1925. He was appointed house surgeon and resident surgical officer at the Wanganui Hospital, and subsequently came to En

John Douglas Fergusson was born on 5 December 1909 at Great Malvern, Worcestershire, the son of John Newberry Fraser Fergusson, FRCS Edinburgh, radiologist at York County Hospital. He was educated at St Peter's School, York, and St John's College, Cambridge, where he was college prizeman and scholar