Boovariwala was born on 13 March 1901 at Naysari in the Surat district of the Bombay Presidency, as it was then. He was educated at the Masters' High School and Elphinstone College, Bombay, and took his medical degrees from Grant Medical College. He then came to England and obtained his Fellowship i

Qualifying from the University of Queensland, Australia in 1949 Bowly held resident appointments at the Brisbane (1950) and Rockhampton (1951-52) Hospitals. He then came to England and joined the surgical staff at the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital 1953, transferring to St John's Hospital, Lewisham 1

Educated at Grant Medical College, Bombay and the London Hospital, he was appointed senior house surgeon at Queen's Hospital, Birmingham in 1910. Deshmukh practised in India, at one time in Wadhona, Central Provinces, and later at 39 Peddar Road, Bombay. He died on 21 September 1963.

Born on 26 January 1889 son of Edward Ingram Taylor and Margaret Boole, he was educated at University College School, University College and University College Hospital, where he qualified in November 1911 with the Conjoint Diploma, following this up with the qualifying degrees of London University

Born on 1 May 1893, the son of an Instructor Captain in the Royal Navy and his French wife, he was born at Brest and spent his infancy in Japan, with the result that he could speak Japanese before he could speak English. Educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and the Middlesex Hospital, he qualified

Born on 12 September 1860 in Bonnet Carne, Louisiana, fifty miles north of New Orleans, he was the son of Dr N H Matas and Theresa Jorda Ponsjoan both of Spanish descent. His father, a plantation physician, amassed a considerable fortune during the disruption due to the American Civil War by trading

Born in 1916 son of Carl Vivian Stephens, he was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and the University of Melbourne and after qualification he was resident medical officer at the Alfred Hospital in 1941. He then joined the RAAF medical service as a Flight-Lieutenant in 1942 and served in New Guine

Born at Ashfield, New South Wales on 6 February 1886 son of Sir David Storey MLC, he was educated at Randwick, Sydney Grammar School and the University of Sydney. In 1910-11 he was resident medical officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and in 1911 medical registrar for six months followed f

Educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was Brackenbury Surgical Scholar, demonstrator of anatomy and senior house surgeon. He was then appointed chief assistant to the surgical professorial unit. He took the Fellowship in 1927 and the Cambridge Mastership of Su

Born on 22 June 1872 at Todmorden, the sixth son of the Rev. Rennell Francis Wynn Molesworth, rector of Washington, Co Durham, and his second wife Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Admiral George Henderson, he was descended from Robert, first Viscount Molesworth (1656-1725), ambassador and politician.

Coming from Tavistock he was educated at the London Hospital, and practised throughout his career at Beddington near Wallington, Surrey, in partnership with Dr W S McDougall and others. He retired to Barnstable, where he died on 15 December 1961 aged 83. He was survived by his wife and their son

Born in 1903 son of T G Stevens FRCS, he was educated at Cambridge, but without taking an honours degree, and at St Thomas's Hospital, where he was casualty officer and house surgeon; he was also house surgeon at the West London Hospital and the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading and resident assista