Geoffrey Scarlett was born on 3 January 1928 in Sydney, the son of a businessman, Wilfred Lea Scarlett, and Constance Mary, née Tuttill. Educated at De La Salle College, Ashfield, Sydney and the University of Sydney Medical School, Scarlett qualified MB BS in 1951. During his career he held posts

Chaman Lal Sarin received his medical education at the University of the Punjab where he qualified MB BS in 1958. After coming to Britain and gaining the Fellowship in 1964, he moved to the United States where he practised in the 1970s at West Bloomfield, Michigan, though thereafter he gave his addr

Born on 24 July 1948 in London, Tanner was the son of Norman Tanner FRCS (qv *Lives* 1974-82, 385-6) and his wife Evelyn Winifred Glennie, an anaesthetist. He was educated at University College School, where he was a choral scholar, and St Thomas's Hospital Medical School. Inspired by his father, he

Like his brother MG and his cousin AK, Rangnath Gajanar was a member of the Talwalkar family of medical practitioners who obtained the Fellowship of the College in the 1930s. On returning to Bombay RG worked at the GT Hospital. All qualified from Grant Medical College, as did many other members of t

Makarand Talwalkar was one of a distinguished family of medical practitioners in India; the first of the name to practise medicine could count twenty nine descendants who were medically qualified, of whom eighteen attended Grant Medical College, Bombay, from 1869 onwards. Makarand Talwalkar was b

Amarajeeva Wijesinghe received his medical education at the University of Ceylon and qualified MB BS in 1951. He passed the Fellowship examination in 1959. Thereafter he returned to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and practised in that country, mainly in Colombo. His death was reported to the College by his w

Arthur Williams was born on 31 December 1905 in Swansea, the son of David Edward Williams, a schoolmaster, and Katherine Hannah, née Humphries. He attended Swansea Grammar School and Swansea University College as a scholar, before going on to the Welsh National School of Medicine in Cardiff. He chos

David Clowes Williams was born in Tarbach, Port Talbot, the son of John Ffoulkes Williams and his wife Elizabeth, née Thomas. He attended the University of Wales in Cardiff and the Welsh National School of Medicine, where he was influenced by the teaching of Professor Grey Turner. He qualified MB BC

Michael Roger Williams was born in London on 30 March 1921. He was the eldest son of Muriel, née Buckley, the daughter of Lord Wrenbury, Justice of Appeal, and Bernard Williams, consultant surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital. He attended Rose Hill Preparatory School in Banstead, followed by Oundle Schoo

Sorab Pestonji Minwalla was a surgeon in North Carolina, USA. He was born in Karachi in what was then India on 29 March 1926, the third child and second son of Pestonji Minwalla, an accountant, and Goolbai K Minwalla. He was educated at the Bai Virbaji Soparivala Parsi High School in Karachi, the D

David Cropley was born in Sydney on 15 June 1926. His father, Oswald Albert Cropley, was a shoemaker. His mother was Hester Sarah Cropley. From the Sydney Church of England Grammar School he went to study medicine at Sydney University, and was for a time anatomical prosector. After qualification, he

David Sandell qualified in Manitoba in 1922, where he won the gold medal for his MD. He then came to England to specialise in surgery and worked in Manchester and Guy's Hospital before passing the FRCS in 1931. He was appointed registrar to the National Temperance Hospital and clinical assistant at