Mary Frances Lucas was born on 15 August 1885, in Gravesend, the daughter of George John Lucas, who was a dental surgeon. She attended Rochester Grammar School for Girls and Eversley School, Folkestone. She entered the London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine for Women in the 1904/5 sessio

Born on 5 June at Hemel Hempstead the second of the three sons of the Rev Travers Clark, he was a grandson of Frederick Le Gros Clark, President of the College in 1874, member of Council from 1864 to 1879 and surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital. For his education Le Gros Clark went to Blundell's School,

Professor Peter Williams was an outstanding anatomist who was known and respected world-wide for the editing and revision of *Gray's Anatomy*. He was born on 11 November 1926 at Caerleon in Gwent, the elder son of Jack Williams, a Welsh education and child-welfare officer. His father, who held st

David Moffat was professor of anatomy at Cardiff University. He was born in Swansea on 3 October 1921. His father, William Burns Moffat, was a master tailor; his mother, Christine Alice Moffat née Williams, was a housewife. Moffat attended Swansea Grammar School and began studying medicine at St Bar

Solly Zuckerman was born on 30 May 1904 in Cape Town, South Africa, the son of Moses Zuckerman, a gold prospector and businessman and his wife Ruth, née Glaser. He was educated at the South African College School and the University of Cape Town, where he was Libermann Scholar. He then came to London

Alexander James Edward Cave was professor of anatomy at St Batholomew's Hospital and an acknowledged world expert in comparative anatomy. He was born in Manchester on 13 September 1900, the eldest son of John Cave, a schoolmaster and Therèse Anne, née D'Hooghe. He was educated at Manchester High Sch

Professor Chummy Sinnatamby was an anatomist and the long-standing author and editor of Last’s Anatomy. 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

Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital and at the Universities of Edinburgh and Dublin. He was born at Portsmouth and was the scion of a Norfolk family, his father being John Goodeve, banker, latterly of Bury Hall, Hants. Through his mother, Elizabeth Hurry, he claimed kindred with Sir John Hurry, th

Born on 28 March 1888 at Corbar NSW son of a schoolmaster, he was educated at Sydney Grammar School and Sydney University. Qualifying in 1911 he was appointed RMO at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and in 1912 he became a demonstrator of anatomy. In 1914 he joined the Australian Expeditionary

Douglas Erith Derry studied medicine at Edinburgh University, graduating in 1903; he was Crichton Research Scholar in Anatomy 1903-04, and Demonstrator in Anatomy. Very soon, however, Derry went to Egypt, and by 1906 was Assistant Professor of Anatomy at the Government School of Medicine, Cairo. In

Pugh, Roger CouRoger Pugh, a distinguished morbid anatomist, was elected to the Fellowship of the College in 1983 on his retirement, in recognition of his many contributions to surgical pathology. He was born in Talgarth, Brecon, Wales on 23 February 1917, the son of the local doctor, Robert Pugh, w

Born on July 20th, 1804, the younger son of Richard Owen, a West India merchant, by his wife, Catherine, a daughter of Robert Parrin, organist of the Parish Church of Lancaster. He was educated at the Lancaster Grammar School, where he made a lasting friendship with William Whewell, who became Mast