Alan was born in East Barnet. His father was an accountant for boat builders on the Thames at Brentford. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School and in 1945 was awarded a major scholarship to university. He immediately entered The London Hospital Dental School, where he became a prizeman,

David Berry was professor and head of the department of dental prosthetics and orthodontics at the University of Bristol. He was born on 9 August 1921 in Bridgwater, Somerset, the son of Francis Grant Berry, a wholesale grocer, and Ethel Berry née Curtis. He had a younger sister, Hilary. After co