Amer Amen was a consultant ENT surgeon in Essex. He qualified in Baghdad and worked there and in Kut, Iraq. In 1976, he went to the UK and held registrar posts in otolaryngology at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, and at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He became a senior ENT registrar at the Royal V

Bernard Juby was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Ipswich Hospital. He was born in Stowmarket, Suffolk, on 9 April 1925, the only son of L H Juby, a draper, and Ethel née Quinton. He was educated at Culford School. His early wish was to be a farmer, but was encouraged by his mother to read medicine.

William Mervyn Owen was a consultant ENT surgeon who worked in Liverpool. He was brought up in Caernarfon, Wales, and studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, qualifying with the conjoint diploma in 1937 and the MB BS in 1938. During the Second World War he served in the RAMC and in

The son of a well-known dentist in Boulogne. He became a student at St George's Hospital in 1851, studied at Heidelberg, and after qualifying was appointed one of the Surgeons of the West London Hospital, Hammersmith, on its foundation in 1856. He had only held this post a short time, as well as tha

Rusie Rustomjee, an ENT surgeon, practised medicine for 75 years, starting in Colombo, Ceylon and finally retiring in Australia at the age of 89. He was born in Colombo on 9 November 1912 one of the six children of Cowasjee Rustomjee, whom he described as a merchant, and his wife Piroja née Mistry.

Cyril Isaac Woolf was an ear, nose and throat surgeon in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was born in the East End of London, into an orthodox Jewish family, the eldest of three sons of Adolph Woolf and Regina Woolf née Frey. He studied medicine in London, qualifying MB BS in 1952. After house posts,

Betsy Brown was a consultant ENT surgeon at Bradford Royal Infirmary. She was born on 15 February 1923 in Glasgow, the second daughter of Robert and Isabella Brown. Her father was a master builder, her mother a legal secretary until she married. Together with her sister and brother, Betsy attended H

Tom Lo was a consultant ENT surgeon in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. He was born in Hong Kong, the son of a solicitor, Man Wai Lo, a member of the Legislative Council and, with his brother Sir Man Kam Lo, co-founder of the law firm of Lo & Lo. Tom's education was interrupted when he was 14 by the Japane

Born in Williamstown, Victoria in 1872, the son of George Jenkins, civil engineer, and his wife, Isabella Jenkins née Hall. He was educated in Melbourne until 1891, when he entered the University of Edinburgh, and graduated MB CM in 1895. Coming to London he attached himself to King's College, where

Born on August 12, 1899 at Chequerbent, Bolton, he went to Bolton School and on leaving in 1917 he joined the army being accepted for service in the Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps. He became a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery and on demobilization in 1919 he entered Manchester Univer

Ronald Jowett was born in Halifax on 5 March 1901, the eldest child of James Edward Jowett, a musician, and Emma, née Hoyle. Educated at Heath School, Halifax, and Leeds University, he qualified in 1922 and gained his MD in 1923. Thereafter he pursued a career in ear, nose and throat surgery at Leed

Johan Wilhelm Sture Hjalmarson Lindahl was born on 8 October 1906 in South Kensington, London, the eldest son of Bror Hjalmar Lindahl, a practitioner of Swedish remedial treatment and massage and Anna Isabella, née Uberg, previously a senior customs official at Norrkoping, Sweden. He was educated at