It was very fortunate that at the end of the Second World War a local dentist who played golf with Chris’ father suggested that Chris – who enjoyed making model aircraft and seemed to be quite bright – might make a success of dentistry as a career. As a result, he became a pioneering consultant in o

James Muir Mumford, known as ‘Jim’, was professor of operative dental surgery at the University of Liverpool. His career was not only very distinguished but very nearly didn’t happen. He was born on 10 March 1923, the son of James Montgomery Mumford and Elizabeth Mumford née Muir. During the Second

Born on 9 December 1858 second child and only son of George Rhind Bull MRCS and his wife Ann Savage Robins, he was educated at Epsom College and St Mary's Hospital, and after serving as house surgeon at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital and resident pathologist at the General Hospital, Birmingham, he

Christopher (Chris) Lamb started his professional life as a dentist but, whilst a lecturer at Guy’s Hospital dental school, he realised that he wanted to be the one performing the procedures he was obliged to refer. He subsequently chose to retrain, gaining a medical degree and a dental fellowship a

Adrian William David Cowan, known as ‘Eddy’, was chief of the department of periodontology at Dublin Dental Hospital, a consultant oral surgeon in the city, and dean of the faculty of dental surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He was born on 26 August 1919 in Dublin, into an Orth

Born at Liverpool on 23 October 1882, the eldest child of George Stobie, electrical engineer, and Nellie Williams, his wife. His early life was spent in South Africa. He studied at St Thomas's Hospital, qualifying in 1911, having qualified as a dentist the previous year. He was appointed in 1915 ass

Alexander Nasmyth came of the Scottish family of that name. He practised latterly at 13A George Street, Hanover Square, W, and was well known as an anatomist and surgeon-dentist. He made valuable donations to the Royal College of Surgeons Museum, and is included in Richard Owen's "Lists of Donors of

Professor Ronald Emslie who died on 31st May, was born on the 9th March 1915 of Scottish parents. Although born south of the border, throughout his life, he remained very proud of his ancestry. He was educated at Felsted School after which he first embarked upon actuarial training which he came to d

Born at Martley, Worcestershire; was apprenticed to a chemist in Worcester, and served with Messrs Allen & Hanburys, the chemists, in Plough Court, EC. He afterwards started in business for himself in Cheapside, but soon began to study medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and was admitted MRCS in

This obituary appeared in volume four: Born in 1884 he received his medical education at Charing Cross Hospital, where after qualifying he was appointed house surgeon, and then became a house surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. At one time resident medical officer at the Hampstead

Born on February 20th, 1861, the son of William Paterson, of Ridge Stockland, Devonshire, a dentist who practised in Fleet Street, London. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School from Apri1, 1875, to 1877, and then at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Royal Dental Hospital. He was elected Dental

Frank Clare Wilkinson was born in Wallasey on 31 August 1889. His father, also Frank, was a Liverpool pilot and his mother, Annie, née Clare, came from a family connected with shipping. Both his grandfathers were ship's captains. He was educated at Wallasey Grammar School and Liverpool University. H