John Edward Cairns was born on 15 August 1925 the son of T D Cairns, a Northumberland shepherd. After early education in the single room school in his local village he won a scholarship to King Edward VII Grammar School in Morpeth and later went to King's College, University of Durham to read classi

Albert Boswell Nutt was born in Sheffield on 7 July 1898, the only son of Ernest Smith Nutt. He had the essential virtue of humility, particularly in his approach to the treatment of his patients, following the classical tradition of relating their ophthalmological state to the whole body condition.

Geoffrey Cashell, born in 1906, was educated at Westminster School, London, before starting his medical training at King's College Hospital, where he qualified LMSSA and MRCS LRCP in 1930. 1933 was an eventful year: he passed the MB BS London and the FRCS Edinburgh and was appointed honorary consult

Alexander Galbraith Cross was born in London on 29 March 1908, the son of Walter Galbraith, a bank manager, and his wife Mary Stewart, née McKeich, a farmer's daughter. He was educated at King's College School, Caius College Cambridge, and St Mary's Hospital, where he was a University Scholar and

Kenneth Rostron received his medical education at Cambridge and Manchester and qualified in 1937, obtaining the DOMS in 1947 and his Fellowship in 1950. After qualifying and deciding to specialise in ophthalmology he was chief clinical assistant at the Westminster branch of Moorfields and at the Cen

Thomas (Tony) Douglas Huon Gray qualified MB, ChB in Liverpool in 1948. After early ophthalmic appointments at the Westminster, Moorfields and the London Hospitals he returned to Liverpool, having passed the Fellowship of the College in 1960. He became consultant in ophthalmic surgery to the Live

David John Lobascher was born in Perth, Western Australia on 17 August 1932 the son of Lewin Lobascker, an accountant. His mother Violet, née Bryan, died when he was young and his early education was at the Modern Medical School, Perth, before entering the University of Adelaide Medical School. He q

Fisher received his medical education at the Westminster Hospital Medical School and qualified both with the London MB BS and the conjoint diploma in 1952. Deciding to specialise in ophthalmology after qualifying, he held junior appointments at the Westminster Hospital and at Moorfields. He won the

Alexander Tomkin was born on 21 July 1936, the first son of Harris Tomkin, ophthalmic surgeon and his wife Sarah née Nelson. He attended Castle Park Dalkey, St Columba's College, Tathfarnham, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he took the Nurock Prize for classics and the silver medal of the Biologi

Mary Joan Starbuck was an ophthalmic surgeon at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. She was born on 16 April 1928 in Lewisham, London, the daughter of John William Sandford Starbuck, a rope and twine merchant, and Elsie Starbuck née Williams. She was educated at Bromley High School and Bromley County

Born on 7 March 1871 at Scythlin, Pencader, Carmarthenshire, third child and only son of Benjamin Evans, yeoman farmer, and his wife, *née* Phillips. He was educated at St David's College School, Lampeter, at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Carmarthen, and at Edinburgh University, where he graduat

Born at Parkville, Melbourne, 3 November 1905, he was educated at Prince's Hill State School, at Scotch College, Melbourne, where he was a scholar and second to the school *dux*, and at Ormond College where he won the first-year exhibition in natural philosophy. He held resident posts at the Royal M