Peter Choyce was a leading ophthalmic surgeon who championed and developed artificial lens implants. He was born on 1 March 1919 in London. His father, Charles Coley Choyce, was professor of surgery at University College Hospital, and a member of Council at the time of his death in 1937. His mother

John Cogan did his medical training in Manchester and then specialised in ophthalmology, doing his training in the United Liverpool Hospitals and the North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke on Trent. He was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Chester Royal Infirmary and the Wrexham Hospital Group,

Paul Folca was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Torbay Hospital, Devon. He was born on 29 July 1933 in Cheltenham to Joseph and Cecilia Folca. His father had trained as an ecclesiastical joiner and worked at the renowned furniture design company Gordon Russell. During the Second World War, he work

Bryan Cruickshanks was an ophthalmic surgeon in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Wallsend, Northumberland on 11 October 1935, the second child of William Blackwood Cruickshanks, a tradesman in the shipyards, and his wife, Jesse Cruickshanks née Brown. He excelled at Wallsend Grammar School an

Humphrey John Anthony Hahn was an ophthalmic surgeon. He studied medicine at London University and qualified MB BS in 1948 passing the conjoint examination in the same year. At St George’s Hospital he did house jobs in ophthalmology and also at the St John Ophthalmic Hospital in Israel. Joining th

Ron Lowe was consultant ophthalmic surgeon to the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. He was born in Melbourne on 14 November 1913, the third son of William E Lowe, a contractor, and Isabella née Hinde. He was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, and qualified as a pharmacist at the University o

John Richard Havers-Strong, generally known as Richard Strong, was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Conquest Hospital, St Leonards-on-Sea. Educated at Oundle School and Queens' College, Cambridge, where his father had attended 30 years previously, Richard became energetically involved in rowing, c

John Moss was a former ophthalmic surgeon at Stoke Mandeville. He was born in Birmingham in 1922 and attended Bishop Vesey School, Sutton Coldfield. At Birmingham University Medical School during the war, he was of the generation of students who regularly did fireguard duties and worked as house sur

William Smiley was born in 1913 and qualified from St Andrews University in 1937. After service in the RAMC with the rank of major, he worked at the Royal Eye Hospital with Sir Benjamin Ryecroft. He was consultant ophthalmic surgeon to the Windsor Group at Taplow, Maidenhead and Wexham Park, Slough.

Rollin Arthur Burn was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington. He was born in Newcastle on 26 September 1916, and was educated at Haileybury, Hertfordshire. He returned to Newcastle for his medical training at Durham University. He stayed in Newcastle for his ophthalmic tr

Frank William Law was born in Isleworth, London, on 14 August 1898, the third son of Thomas Law, a drapery warehouseman, and his wife Emma, née MacRae. He was educated at St Paul's School and St John's College, Cambridge, proceeding to the Middlesex Hospital for his clinical studies where he graduat

John Ayoub was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the London Hospital, a former Vice-President of the Faculty of Ophthalmologists and a College Council member. He was born on 7 September 1908 in South Kensington, the son of Moussa Ayoub, the celebrated portrait painter, who painted the Council in 19