Somnath Jaivant Gudé was a consultant ENT surgeon at Burnley General Hospital. Born in Goa on 27 September 1929, he was the son of Jaivent Ganesh Gudé, a postmaster, and his wife Laxmibai Naik. In Goa he attended Liceu Nacional Panjim and the Popular High School Margao before moving to Wilson Colleg

Roshini Marcelle Alles was consultant in audiovestibular medicine at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital (RNTNEH) in London. She was born in Ceylon in 1953 and qualified from the University of Sri Lanka in Colombo in 1978. After completing postgraduate training in ear, nose and throat m

Tony Bull was an ENT surgeon at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London. He was born on 21 December 1934 in Bath, Somerset, the son of Henry Bull, a dentist. He was educated at Monkton Combe School, where he excelled academically and on the sports field, playing tennis for Somerset

Christopher James Linstrom was born on 22 March 1950 in Washington, D.C., the son of Mary and John Linstrom. Brought up in Greenbelt, Maryland, he initially graduated in philosophy and music from the University of Maryland. On moving to Canada he studied medicine at McGill University, Montreal. Whil

Lancelot Newton Dowie was born in Aberdeen on 13 August 1930, the son of Alexander Morrison Dowie, a banker and his wife Frances Elena née Newton. He had a brother who later became a GP in Scotland. After attending the Glasgow Academy he trained at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, qualifying in

Alan Cameron Maconie received his medical education at St Bartholomew's Hospital whence he qualified MB, BS in 1923. After holding house posts at St Bartholomew's and the Royal Northern Hospitals, he specialised in otolaryngology and was successively surgeon in the ENT departments at the Virginia Wa

Maxwell Philip Ellis qualified in medicine in London and trained at University College Hospital. He eventually became surgeon-in-charge to the ENT department at the Central Middlesex Hospital, surgeon to the Royal National Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital and Dean of the Institute of Laryngology and Ot

Thomas James Wilmot was a consultant ENT surgeon in Tyrone and Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. He was born in 1920. His father was a general practitioner in Louth, Lincolnshire, but was originally from County Kerry. His mother was from Inverness. Wilmot was educated in Norfolk and at Epsom College, and

Christopher Savage was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Chelmsford and Essex Hospital, and the Southend General Hospital, where he developed a special interest in microsurgery of the ear. Born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 21 November 1915, he was part of the third generation of a family of surgeons.

Wadi Yusuf Nassar was an ENT surgeon at Wythenshawe and Withington hospitals, Manchester. He was born in Jifna, a small village near Jerusalem, in the then Palestine, the fourth child and second son of Yousif Nassar, a priest in the Greek Orthodox Church, and Zakia née Samara, the daughter of a farm

George Allen Dalton was an ENT surgeon in Birmingham. Born in Coventry on 15 June 1924, he was the son of George Thomas Dalton, a farmer, and his wife Elsie Emily née Hence. He attended Walsgrave Colliery School from 1929 to 1935, Bablake School in Coventry from 1935 to 1940 and King Edward VI Schoo

Frank Charles Robson was an ENT surgeon in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was born in London, England on 20 October 1930, the son of Frank Herbert Robson, an insurance broker and member of Lloyd’s, and Helen Ruth Robson née Barr. He attended Monmouth School from 1944 to 1949 and then carried out his