Dennis Owen Clark was born at Kawimbe, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), on 18 August, 1907. His father was a missionary. He was educated at Eltham College, where he obtained exemption from the first MB and an entrance scholarship to St Thomas's Hospital when he won the Hadden Toller Prize. He graduated i

Graham Fraser was born on 1 May 1936, the son of Arthur Fraser, a banker, and his wife Phyllis, née Farncombe, a radiologist who was the daughter of a general practitioner. He was educated at Westminster School followed by Worcester College, Oxford, and received his clinical training at Guy's Hospit

Alan Bowen-Davies was born on 26 July 1907 and educated at Harrow School (Headmaster's House) and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was chief clinical assistant, registrar and house surgeon to the ENT department at Guy's Hospital. He qualified MA MB BCh in 1933 and passed the Fellowship in 1936. Durin

Capps was born in the Naval Hospital, Gibralter, on 17 May 1898, the only son of Fleet-Surgeon Frederick A Capps, who lost his life in action at the Battle of Jutland (1916). With this family background he was from an early age destined for a career in the Royal Navy, and accordingly entered the Roy

Terence Edward Cawthorne was born on 29 September 1902. He was educated at Denstone College and King's College Hospital, and qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1924. He held a number of resident posts, and first made an impact on his seniors and colleagues when he showed great aptitude in applyi

Solomon Lewis Citron was born in London on 5 November 1920 the son of Alik Citron, a tailor, and was educated at Regent Street Polytechnic before entering University College Hospital Medical School. He qualified in 1943 and after house appointments at the medical unit of Hammersmith Hospital and the

Joseph Norman Appleton qualified in medicine in Manchester in 1938. He practised in the aural department of Manchester Royal Infirmary. Moving to London he was registrar to the Royal Ear Hospital and University College Hospital. He became a Fellow of the College in 1949. He returned to Manchester

Nehemiah Asherson was born in South Africa in 1897, the son of Isaac Asherson and was educated initially at the University of Cape Town before coming to England in 1919, entering University College Hospital Medical School and qualifying in 1923 after gaining the Liston and Bruce Medal. He undertook

John Taylor was the son of a West Riding GP and was educated at Giggleswick School and Leeds University. Entering the ENT speciality immediately with posts at Leeds and Leicester he did National Service as a graded ENT specialist in the Middle East Command and in Kenya (1949-51). Subsequently he mov

Warren Leishman Thompson was educated at Christ's College, New Zealand, from 1933 to 1937 where he, like his brother, Bruce, was a distinguished athlete representing the school at both cricket and rugby for some years and being a champion fives player and school prefect. On leaving school he entered

Vincent Townrow was born on 1 June 1885 in Chesterfield, the youngest child of Thomas Townrow, a miller and his wife Mary (Adlington). Educated at Chesterfield Grammar School and Guy's Hospital, where he was prizeman of the Guy's Philosophical Society, he qualified with honours in medicine. Working

Robert Louttit Flett qualified MB ChB from the Otago Medical School in 1925, where he was also demonstrator in anatomy. As an anatomist he won the Scott Memorial Medal in applied anatomy and was a member of the Anatomical Society. After obtaining his Fellowship he spent the rest of his career and