Dewi Wyn Owen was a consultant surgeon in Carmarthen, Wales. He was born and brought up in Caernarfon in a Welsh speaking community. He received his primary and secondary education in the Caernarfon area, firstly at the National School and then, in the fifth year, at the Sir Huw Owen Grammar School.

Patrick was born on the 29th April 1932 in Oxford England, the eldest son to parents William and Florence, brother to siblings Elizabeth and Richard. Patrick was an excellent scholar and he enthusiastically fulfilled his parents' wishes to study medicine, graduating from the Westminster Medical Scho

Arthur Hargreaves was the lead consultant general surgeon for Salford hospitals and a lecturer in surgery at the University of Manchester. He was born on 9 June 1934 in Darwen, Lancashire, the son of Percy Walsh Hargreaves, an engineer and general manager, and Lillie Kendall Hargreaves née Muir. He

Geoffrey Greatrex was a consultant general surgeon at Mansfield General Hospital and King’s Mill Hospital, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He was born in Halstead, Essex on 3 March 1933, the son of Harold Victor Greatrex and Henrietta Florence Greatrex née Wake. Geoffrey lived most of his child

Andrew Jowett was born in Sunderland in 1933, where his father, Ronald, an honorary FRCS, was an ENT surgeon and a member of the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board. Andrew was educated at Sedbergh School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he gained his BA in 1954. He subsequently went on to the

Sir Patrick Holmes Sellors was one of the most prominent ophthalmologists in the United Kingdom during the latter part of the 20th century. Appointed to the consultant staff of St George's Hospital, London, at the early age of 31, the majority of his NHS sessions he enjoyed at the Croydon eye unit,

Bob Zollinger was born on 4 September 1903 in Millersport, Ohio, and received his medical education at the State University, graduating MD in 1927. He spent his intern appointments at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston and in 1929 married Louise, who gave him tremendous support throughout his