John Samuel William Chambers was born in Southampton on 1 July 1926, the son of Samuel Bacon Chambers and his wife Mary Ann née Carey. He studied medicine at Cambridge University and trained at University College Hospital, London. After house jobs at St James’ Hospital, Balham and serving as a tempo

Francis Joseph Hayden was an obstetrician and gynaecologist at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. His life was shaped by the Edwardian period of the twentieth century, his Catholicism, his medicine and his family. He was born 10 years before the Russian revolution and died 15 years after the Berlin W

Ali Shaaban was a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at Cairo University. 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

Yusuf Abrahams was a consultant gynaecologist at Ealing 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

Henry Nanayakkara was a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 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

Eleanor Mary Mills was a consultant gynaecologist at North Manchester General Hospital and Stretford Memorial Hospital, Manchester. She was born in Royton, Lancashire, the only child of Joseph Mills, a cotton mill manager and director, and Ada Eleanor Mills née Wood, the daughter of an engineer. She

David Booth was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in East Surrey, Cuckfield and Crawley. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1960. He gained his FRCS in 1967. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a senior registrar at the Woolwich group of hospitals

The son of William Scott, of Barnstaple; received his professional training at St. Bartholomew's Hospital and in Paris. He became Surgeon-Accoucheur to the Islington Benevolent Lying-in Charity, and on relinquishing this post practised at 53 High Street, Camden Town. By 1855 he had been appointed Su

Peter Niven was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Bristol. He was born in London on 3 March 1938, the son of Harold Robertson Niven, a Cambridge law graduate, who had served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was a detective chief inspector in the City of London police, and

Born 19 July 1891, the third and youngest son of Peter Dobson Hayes of Stockport. He was educated at Manchester before entering the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. His student days were broken by the outbreak of war and he served in the Royal Field Artillery from 10 September 1914 till 12 August

Charles Henry de Boer was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Liverpool. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya, on 2 September 1921, where his father was chief colonial medical officer. He was sent to England for his schooling, and was cared for by his great aunt, Alice de Boer, a doctor. He g

Born 25 February 1865 at Barnstaple, Devonshire, the first child of William Mamford Riley, a civil servant, and Caroline Budd, his wife. He was educated at Eye Grammar School and at the London Hospital. He went to New Zealand in 1892, where he practised in the country for some years and ultimately s