Peter Reginald Davis was professor of human biology at the University of Surrey. He was born on 27 July 1923 in Wimbledon, the younger son of A H Davis, a government physicist, and his wife, Amy. Peter's childhood was spent in west London, and he went to St Paul's School. He became a medical student

One of the leading anatomists of her day, Ruth Bowden was born in India on 21 February 1915. Her father was a missionary, and her aunt, Edith Brown, had founded the Christian Medical College in Ludhiana, Punjab. As was usual, Ruth was sent back to England at the age of eight to be educated and to av