John Clive Gingell was usually known by his second name, Clive and as JCG by his work colleagues. Born in Penygraig in the Rhondda Valley in his grandfather’s house, he was the eldest of four children, having three sisters. He attended Kettering Grammar School before moving to Porth County Grammar

Rohan Nauth-Misir was a consultant urological surgeon at University College London’s Institute of Urology, Middlesex Hospital. He was born on 10 January 1959, the first son of Roy Nevendra Nauth-Misir, a doctor, and Patricia Nauth-Misir née Green, a midwife. Both of his parents worked at Oldchurch H

Herbert Johnston was a pioneer of paediatric urology, determined to make what had been a peripheral interest a specialty in its own right. Appointed first as a general surgeon to a leading children’s hospital, Alder Hey in Liverpool, he soon saw that the urogenital problems required a much closer at

‘Kwashie’ Quartey had an international reputation for his work on the surgery of urethral stricture, and was one of the father figures of surgery in his home country, Ghana. He was the sixth of the seven children of Peter David Quartey snr, headmaster of the Government Junior School in James Town, a

Francis Rankin Kilpatrick, known as ‘Kilp’, was a urological surgeon in London. He was born in Windsorton near Kimberley in Cape Province, South Africa, on 18 September 1908. His father had been a draper’s assistant who emigrated from Northern Ireland to South Africa in 1897, where he flourished, en

Gerald Francis 'Joe' Murnaghan, Professor of Surgery at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, can be said to have been the father of upper tract urodynamics, although his work and influence extended far beyond this important area. He was born on 20 September at St Helen's, Lancashire, the son o

John Alan Keightley Wightman was a consultant surgeon in Chesterfield. He was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, on 11 April 1930, where his father, John Andrew Wightman, was a pharmacist. His mother was Doris Mary née Keightley. He was educated at Nottingham High School and the University of Sheffield.

Frank Hurford qualified in Bristol and after junior posts joined the RAMC where he became a surgical specialist, taking the FRCS whilst still serving. After the war he lectured in anatomy at King's College Hospital before going back to Bristol where he specialised in urology, becoming senior registr

Geoffrey Darke qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1937, and after house appointments joined the RAMC where he was mentioned in despatches in 1940 and 1945. After the war he continued his training at Bristol Royal Infirmary, the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and St Bartholomew's, where he

Richard Wellesley Morgan Rees was a consultant urologist at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. He was born on 13 January 1935 in Stourbridge, Staffordshire, the son of Theodore Foulkes Rees, a pharmacist, and Edith Louise Rees née Colley. He studied medicine at the University of Birmingham

Melvyn Roland Griffiths (Mel) Robinson was a consultant urologist at Pontefract General Infirmary. He was born on 17 May 1933 in Wolverhampton, the son of Noah Robinson, a managing director in the pressed steel industry, and Hilda Emily Robinson née Griffiths, a secretary. He attended St Agnes’ Prep

George Hurst Foster was a urological surgeon at Ballochmyle Hospital, Mauchline, Ayrshire. Born on 12 July 1934 in Shipley, Yorkshire, he was the son of Charles Foster, a GP, and his wife Dorothy née Cass-Smith. After attending Bradford Grammar School he enrolled at Magdalen College, Oxford to study