James Cyril Angell received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital. After qualification he was for a time resident surgical officer at St Mark's Hospital and senior surgical registrar at the Central Middlesex Hospital and the Middlesex Hospital before moving to specialise in urology, and

Henry Kenneth Vernon was born on 10 December 1908, the son of Walter Vernon, a pharmacist, and his wife Sarah Ann, née Davies. He was educated at Hartlepool Grammar School and Durham University College of Medicine where he was awarded the Phillipson Scholarship. He graduated MB, BS in 1931 and was a

Howard Hanley was an energetic and engaging urologist, one of those who in the early years of the NHS ensured that it would provide for specialist urology at a time when there was considerable opposition from the general surgeons. Howard was born in Hoylake, on the Wirral, on 27 July 1909. His fa

Denis Poole-Wilson, a consultant surgeon at Salford, was an outstanding urologist of the post-war years, whose pupils went on to staff many of the most successful departments. He began by transforming the situation in Manchester. By demonstrating that treatment, especially for cancer, could be more

Stanley Henry Watson, known as Stan, was a consultant urologist at the Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 1 December 1924. His father, Henry Edward Watson, was an accountant; his mother was Sophia Anne Watson née Hester. He studied medicine at the Universi

Robert George Nighy Thomson, always known as Bob, was a urologist for Preston and Chorley hospitals. He was born in Northern Ireland on 23 May 1935. His father, Douglas Charles Thomson, was an electrical engineer; his mother, Margaret Elsie Thomson née Nighy, was a nurse. He grew up in Weybridge, wh

Mike Snell was a consultant urologist at St Mary's Hospital, London. He was born in Nyasaland (now Malawi), where his father was a tea and coffee planter. He studied medicine at St Mary's, where he qualified in 1960, and was very much influenced by Kenneth Owen. After several junior posts, he decide

George Forbes Abercrombie (known as Forbes) was a urologist in Portsmouth. Born on 28 March 1935 in Edinburgh, he was the son of George Abercrombie, a general practitioner, and his wife, Maria. His father was the first president of the section of general medicine at the Royal Society of Medicine in

John Michael O’Brien was born in Birmingham, the son of Denis O’Brien, a general practitioner and a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (RCSI). His mother, whose maiden name was Sheldon, was a graduate of Liverpool University, had a diploma in obstetrics and was also a student of an

Andrew Pengelly was a consultant urologist and medical director of the Royal Berkshire and Battle hospitals, Reading. He was born in Winchester on 25 April 1942, the son of Kenneth Pengelly, a headmaster, and Christine Winifred Pengelly née Lyon, a musician. He was educated at King’s School in Cante

Tony was the fourth child in a family of five of Patrick and Madeline Tynan, an Irish Catholic working class family living in Kogarah. He was educated locally first at St Patrick’s and then at Marist Brothers High School. He was a good student and always dreamed of becoming a doctor. His Dad, a

David Gwyn Thomas was a consultant urologist on the spinal injuries unit at Lodge Moor Hospital, Sheffield. He was born in Wells, Somerset on 22 February 1939, the only child of William David Thomas and Hannah Thomas née Thomas, who were Welsh. He was a talented academic, sportsman and pianist who o