Norman Stanwell Hooton was a consultant thoracic surgeon in the south east Thames region. He was born in Warwick on 8 November 1921, the only child of Leonard Stanwell Hooton, a land commissioner, and Marion Shaw Brown née Sanderson. He was educated at Oundle School and then went on to Sidney Sussex

Michael Britten was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon in Stockport and North Derbyshire. He attended Repton School and graduated in medicine from Liverpool University in 1954. He passed the fellowship in 1961 and published papers on "Glaucoma and inactive syphilitic interstitial keratitis" (jointly, *

Peter Brooman was a consultant urological surgeon at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport. He was born in London, the son of Edward Brooman, a wholesale newsagent, and Irene Brooman née Ward. He was educated at Purley Grammar School and then studied medicine at Sheffield University. He held an orthop

Martyn Bryant was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. He studied medicine in London and qualified MB BS from King's College Medical School in 1981. He began his training programme in Hull and then moved to Belfast where his senior registrar post gave him ample

Edward Bowen-Jones was a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who worked at the St Augustine's Medical Centre in Durban, South Africa. He qualified MB, BS from London University in 1967 and passed the fellowship in 1972. He died of cancer on 30 October 2008, aged 64 years survived by his wife Jean, ch

James Stinson Brown was a Canadian surgeon who specialized in treatment of the deaf. He was born on 24 February 1923 in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of Abner John Brown and his wife Lillian "Lilly" Roben Kidd. He graduated in medicine from the University of Manitoba in 1949 and came to England to stud

Willem Hendrick ('Pim') Brummelkamp was a leading Dutch surgeon who, in 1971, became professor at the University of Amsterdam. Initially he worked at Binnengasthuis, the hospital of the old Municipal University of Amsterdam, then at St Luke's Roman Catholic Hospital, and finally at the modern Academ

David Booth was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in East Surrey, Cuckfield and Crawley. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1960. He gained his FRCS in 1967. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a senior registrar at the Woolwich group of hospitals

Ismail Ahmed Agjee was a general surgeon who is thought to have died in Hyderabad, India on 30 May 2003.

Neil Citron was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at St Helier Hospital, Sutton, Surrey. He was born on 22 February 1951 in Cape Town, South Africa, the son of Samuel, an anaesthetist, and his wife Dorothy Grace née Lurie. After attending William Ellis Grammar School in Highgate, London he qualified

George Norman Clark was a general surgeon who practised in Alexandria, Egypt. He was born on 2 February 1905 in Milltimber, Aberdeen, the only son of George, a solicitor and his wife Isabella Aitken née Dunne. Norman, as he was generally known, attended Cults Public School and Aberdeen Grammar Schoo

Ronald Pitts Crick was a senior ophthalmic surgeon at King's College Hospital, London, and a pioneer in the use of the operating microscope in eye surgery in the UK. He was born in Toronto, Canada, on 5 February 1917. His father, Owen John Pitts Crick, was an engineer and inventor; his mother was Ma