Arthur Prophet CBE died on l8th October, aged 84. Arthur was Dean of UCH Dental School and subsequently Dean of UCH Medical School. He played a large part in planning the new UCH Dental Hospital and School that opened in 1963. He was educated at Sedbergh School and Manchester University where h

Huia Masters Pickard, known as ‘Pick’, was a pioneering professor of restorative dentistry at the Royal Dental Hospital in London. He was born on 25 March 1909 in Masterton, New Zealand, the son of Ernest Pickard and Sophie Elizabeth Pickard née Robins, but at an early age went with his family to En

Bernard Greenfield died within a few weeks of his 89th birthday after suffering from Alzheimer's disease since June 2001. He was born in Hackney and educated at the Central Foundation School, Cowper Street, EC2. He matriculated in 1931 and spent a year in the sixth form before leaving to work in

David Poswillo, who died in London in June 2003, was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, in 1927 and graduated in Dentistry at the University of Otago in 1948. He obtained the Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in England in 1951, returning to a post in oral and maxillofacial

Educated at St George's Hospital and Edinburgh. He was first in general medical practice at Uxbridge, then practised as a dental surgeon in London. He was actively associated with the foundation of the Dental Hospital, the Odontological Society, and the institution of the Licence for Dental Surgery

My father Albert Adeline, passed away recently, just a few weeks short of his 104th birthday. His longevity was a bewilderment to him, but a delight to his family, with great-grandchildren more than 100 years his junior. Born to become the eldest of three sons, and academically gifted, his medi

Una Doherty was a dental surgeon and specialist orthodontist in Sheffield. She was born on 2 October 1963 in the Creggan, Derry, the sixth of nine children. Her father Patrick Doherty’s employment, he was a project manager in the construction industry, brought the family to Cheshire in August 1970.

Born in 1870 he entered the medical school of St Thomas's Hospital in 1886, qualifying as a medical practitioner in 1892 with the Conjoint Diploma, and, having obtained the licence in dental surgery two years earlier, working at the Royal Dental Hospital. He was at one time consulting dental surg

Educated at Wesley College and Ormonde College, University of Melbourne, where he was awarded a major scholarship, he was later at the Middlesex Hospital as a postgraduate. After qualification he worked as a general practitioner in Kyneton, and in 1908 as resident medical officer at the Alfred Ho

Alan was born in East Barnet. His father was an accountant for boat builders on the Thames at Brentford. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School and in 1945 was awarded a major scholarship to university. He immediately entered The London Hospital Dental School, where he became a prizeman,

Professor Adrian Harold Redfern Rowe, generally known as ‘Jack’, decided to be a dental surgeon at age five and never changed his mind. He was greatly influenced by his father, who was in practice, and a dentist with whom he lived as an evacuee during the early part of the war. He started at Guy’s i

Johnny died on 23 January 2018 aged 96 years. He was born in Leeds in 1921. At 14 he was apprenticed as a dental mechanic (technician). During this time he cycled from Leeds to Bradford to attend night school in order to gain further qualifications. At 19 he was called up into the RAF. Because of hi