Born on 17 September 1886 the son of Keshavlal Dalàl, a broker by occupation and a Hindu Bania by religion. He was educated at Bombay University, at King's College Hospital and the Middlesex Hospital in London. He was appointed lecturer on diseases of the ear, nose and throat at the Jamsetjee Jejeeb

Born at Middlesbrough, he won a scholarship at Pembroke College, Cambridge, took first-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos, part I, 1911, and won the Shuter scholarship at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He qualified just after war broke out in 1914, and served for four years as a surgeon in the

Born in 1901, Edward Collins was educated at Summerhill College, Sligo and qualified from the National University of Ireland in 1923. After seven years in general practice he held resident appointments at the Royal Marsden, the West London, St Mary Abbott's, and Hammersmith Hospitals from 1930 to 19

Born in Bhavnagar on 15 September 1903, he was educated at the Elphinstone High School, the Elphinstone College and the Royal Institute of Science, Bombay. He received his medical education at Grant Medical College, Bombay from 1923 to 1928, and was appointed house surgeon and surgical registrar at

Michael Coleman O'Brien was born in Cork on 29 April 1945 and was educated there. His father was a distinguished ear, nose and throat surgeon. He graduated in medicine at University College, Cork, in 1968 and held a house appointment at the Mercy Hospital, Cork. In 1972 he took the FRCSI and the fol

Little information is available about John Oliver. After graduating at Trinity College, Dublin, and postgraduate work at the Middlesex Hospital, he was appointed assistant surgeon at the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat, Golden Square; surgeon to Saffron Walden Hospital, and surgeon and aural spe

The following was published in volume 7 of Plarr's Lives of the Fellows John Lewin was born in London on 8 August 1901 and educated at Southend Grammar School and Guy's Hospital qualifying in 1923. He held house appointments at Guy's Hospital before being appointed resident surgical officer at Ly

Born in London on 20 February 1931 to Harris Berkley, a pharmacist and Dora Le Vine, Reginald Maurice Berkley was educated at King Edward VII School, King's Lynn. He went to Melbourne in 1950, where he studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Hospital. After graduating

Venkataswamy Maddimsetti Naidu was born in Madras on 22 March 1909, the son of Sitiah Naidu, a magistrate. His early education was at schools in Karinada and Raramudry in Madras and then he entered Andhra Medical College. After qualifying he was tutor in physiology and during the war years served in

Born at Blackburn on 21 January 1866, the second child and eldest son of Thomas Firth, cotton spinner and manufacturer, and Betty Fielden Lacy, his wife. He was educated privately and at Owens College, Manchester, before beginning his medical training at King's College and University College Hospita

Born in 1903, son of the Rev Dr John Steele. He was educated at University College Hospital, where he won the Bruce, Liston, Erichsen, Aichison, and Atkinson Morley medals and scholarships. He also won a gold medal at the University of London MB BS examination. After qualification he served as house

Born at Morriston, Glamorgan on 27 July 1901, only child of C G Dahne a general practitioner at Portardawe, Glamorgan, and Mabel Louise Thomas his wife, daughter of a Swansea dental surgeon. C G Dahne, whose father was a Danish metallurgist naturalised in Great Britain, was surgeon to the factories