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

Brian James Michael Parkins was a dental surgeon in Bath. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Michael Sockett was a dental surgeon in Stokesley, Middlesbrough. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Born at Poole, Dorsetshire, on October 11th, 1792, the only son of Thomas Bell, a surgeon. He entered Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals in 1813 and was appointed Dental Surgeon to Guy's Hospital in 1817, holding the post and lecturing on Dental Anatomy until 1861. In 1836 he was appointed Professor of

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

Born on 25 September 1866 he trained as a dental surgeon at the Royal Dental Hospital, and completed his medical education at the Charing Cross Hospital. He served as house surgeon and demonstrator of operative dentistry at the Royal Dental Hospital, and was subsequently surgeon to the Hospital and

Cecil Jacob Todes was a child psychiatrist in London. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Hamish Thomson was a dental surgeon in private practice in Portland Place, London, an honorary senior lecturer in the department of prosthetics at the Institute of Dental Surgery and a consultant at Eastman Dental Hospital. He qualified in Glasgow in 1940 and gained his FDS from the faculty of de

Malcolm Pendlebury died suddenly on Sunday 26 September 2004 at his home in Nottingham; he was 65. Dean of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK) 1997-2000, Malcolm was one of the profession’s enthusiasts with a wide range of interests in clinical dentistry, teaching and research, and will

Professor Gerald Bernard Winter died on 22nd December 2002, aged 74. He was the father of paediatric dentistry in Britain. From the time of his appointment as Professor and Honorary Consultant in Children’s Dentistry at the Institute of Dental Surgery in London University in October 1966, he singlem

Judith Yates died last year, aged 51. Judith was born in Gloucestershire and attended the local primary school in her home village of Wick and the Colston Girls Grammar School in Bristol. She entered University College Dental School in 1969 and between the preclinical and clinical years gained an Ho

Carol Mason was a consultant in paediatric dentistry at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk