Adrian Sollom received his medical education at Guy's Hospital where he qualified in 1959. He did his surgical training in ophthalmology at Southampton, Birmingham and Moorfields before going to Wolverhampton as a consultant ophthalmic surgeon. He retired in 1998 and died on 24 April in Canterbury,

Colin Walker was an ophthalmic surgeon at the Southampton Eye Hospital from 1962 until his retirement in 1989. He was born into a medical family; his father, Victor Walker, was an eye surgeon in Ipswich, where he grew up; his mother was Marie-Louise Scott. After some difficult times at his prep scho

Thomas Gwilym George ‘Gwil’ Davies was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary from 1968 to 1990. He was born in Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire on 12 January 1930, the son of John Davies, a chief engineer in the merchant navy, and Bessy Davies née George. He attended Cardigan County

Hemchandra Kanji Mehta Known as ‘Hemant’ to his family, friends and colleagues, was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon for the Gwynedd Health Authority, Wales. He was born in Gujarat, India, where his father was the personal tutor to a prince but, when Hemant was just six months old, the family moved t

Richard Wingate emigrated from England to Australia in his late 30s to continue a career in ophthalmology which started at Moorfields Eye Hospital. After completing his Australian ophthalmic training at the Sydney Eye Hospital, he became a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists i

James Ewen Kirkwood Galbraith, known as ‘Dick’, was head of the eye department at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and a former president of the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obi

Thomas Stanley Sherwood Gregory was born on 9 February 1916 at New Malden, Surrey, the son of Thomas Gregory, manipulative therapist and Ivy, nee Sherwood. He was educated at Newport Grammar School, Essex, Sherborne School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He studied medicine at St Bartholo

Robert Jack was born on 6 October 1914 in Darjeeling, India. His father, Sir Robert Jack, was a High Court Judge in Calcutta and his mother was Bertha Innerarity, née Shalcross. His boyhood and schooling, which was divided between Clifton and Cheltenham, were marked by long separations from his pare

Mary was born in 1911, the elder daughter of Howard and Mary Bodley Savory. Her medical education was at Cambridge and University College Hospital, and her ophthalmic training as SHO and registrar at Royal Eye and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospitals. She held a BMA research scholarship in 1946 and

Malcolm Graham was an ophthalmic surgeon in Dublin. Born in Dublin on 1 April 1924, he was the oldest child of Malcolm Moore Graham, a clergyman in the Church of Ireland and his wife Constance Kathleen Hilary née Vaughan who was the daughter of a solicitor. After attending Mourne Grange School, Kilk

David Stewart was an ophthalmic surgeon at Freemantle Hospital, Western Australia. He was born in Perth, Western Australia on 5 June 1942. His father, Andrew Malcolm Stewart, was an agricultural scientist at the University of Western Australia and a grazier; his mother, Halsted Noël Stewart née Whit

It was probably because of his early life as the son of a medical missionary in Burma that from the age of four Peter Gurney was determined to become a doctor. Born in England on 23 September 1937, he travelled when he was two with his parents to Panglong in Burma. Then, just managing to escape capt