Reginald (Rex) Salisbury Woods was born in Dulwich on 15 October 1891, the son of Henry Thomas Woods. His mother, Lilian, was the sister of Frank Salisbury CVO, LLD, the portrait painter. He entered Dulwich College in 1906 at the age of fourteen and in his last year was senior school prefect as well

Charles Bellemore was born in June 1920, the third of eight sons of Charles and Mary Bellemore, and grew up in Ashfield, Australia. He was educated at the Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham, and received his medical training at the University of Sydney. He started general practice in Chester

Harold Fuller was a GP based in Eastleigh. He was born in Norwood, south London, in 1914. He was educated at Battersea Grammar School and awarded a Warneford scholarship to King's College Hospital, where he qualified in 1937, with honours in medicine, surgery and pathology, a unique triple for which

John Fsadni was a general practitioner who lived in Harpenden. 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

Edward Harvey Bozman was a general practitioner in Maldon, Essex. He was born in June 1940, the son of Ernest Franklin Bozman and Muriel Pauline Mary Bozman née Harvey. Bozman studied medicine at King’s College Hospital Medical School, gaining a BSc in 1961 and qualifying in 1964. He was a house

Graham Allwright was a general practitioner in Formby, Merseyside. He was born on 9 July 1953 in Shoreham, Sussex, where his father, Fred, was a civil servant. He attended a number of schools as his father was posted abroad, ending at Sutton High School. He studied medicine at the London Hospital, w

Sir Donald Irvine was an outstanding general practitioner who throughout his career was at the heart of changing the relationship between the public and their doctors. He was the first, and so far only, general practitioner to become president of the General Medical Council (GMC). He was responsible

Alan Mathams was a general practitioner in East Sussex. He did his medical training at the Westminster Hospital, where he qualified in 1977. After junior posts, he chose a career in surgery and was registrar at St James Hospital, Balham, and Epsom District Hospital. He decided to become a GP, joinin

Elaine Lister was born in Sandgate, Kent, on 5 November 1920. Her father, Major Charles Martin Lister MC, was in the Royal Artillery. Her mother was Frances née Cameron. She was educated at Babbington House School, Eltham, Hillingdon School and Cheltenham Technical College. She studied medicine at t

Prasanta Kumar Biswas qualified MB, BS in Calcutta in 1954 and passed the fellowship of the college in 1967. A general practitioner in Pouleton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, he died on 29 December 2018.

Robert George Swain was born on 26 July 1936 in Surrey and spent his early years there. He studied medicine in the UK and passed the fellowship of the college in 1963. After marrying Ann, he moved with his family to Canada in 1965 to join a rural medical practice in Alberta as a general practitioner

Derek Stevenson was house officer at St Thomas's Hospital, London from 1948 to 1949 and then at St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey from 1949 to 1950. He then went to Kenya with the RAMC before taking up a senior house post at Nottingham General Hospital in 1952. He moved to Australia in 1954 and worked a