Born at Leicester, 1 July 1909, fourth son and seventh of the eight children of Richard Marcus Jordan, leather merchant, afterwards of Weston-super-Mare, and E Jane King, his wife. He was educated at Weston-super-Mare and at the Bristol Medical School, graduating MB BCh at Bristol University in 1931

Alan Ruscoe Clarke was educated at Haileybury College and Guy's Hospital, where he won the Michael Harris anatomy prize, the Wooldridge physiology prize and the general proficiency prize in 1928, and graduated MB BS in 1931. He held resident appointments at Guy's Hospital and clinical assistantships

Samuel Norman Lytle was born in Maghera, Co Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1905. He was educated at the National School, Maghera, Foyle College and Campbell College, Belfast. He graduated MB BCh BAO Queen's University, Belfast, in 1927. Coming to London, Norman Lytle filled the three resi

Educated in Ceylon, he came to England for postgraduate work at St Bartholomew's and the Middlesex Hospitals. Returning to Ceylon he was appointed visiting surgeon to the General Hospital, Colombo, and lecturer in surgery at the Ceylon Medical College. He practised at 100 Barnes Place, Colombo, and

Nothing is known of the career of Pravat Chandra Sanyal but he was living in Calcutta when he died sometime in 1978.

Clifford David Phillips Jones studied medicine at University College Hospital and during his student days played rugby for the Welsh International team as well as for his hospital. After qualifying in 1931 he was initially appointed house surgeon at University College Hospital and later at the Royal

Muriel Hilary Long was born in London, only daughter of Sidney Long OBE, a director of Beaverbrook Newspapers. She was educated at Lewisham Prendergast Grammar School and King's College Hospital. She was house surgeon to Sir Cecil Wakeley, was awarded a travelling scholarship of the University of

Born on 7 June 1908, the second son of John Gay French, FRCS and his wife, Elinor May, younger daughter of Francis Stafford Pipe-Wolferstan, of Statfold. His grandfather, Lieutenant-Colonel John Gay French, IMS, was also a Fellow of the College (see *Plarr's Lives* 1930, 1, 422). Stanley Gay Fren

Sorabji Cooper returned to Mumbai after passing the FRCS. The college were notified of his death by his son, Burge, in November 2002.

Born on 20 July 1907, William Henry Graham Jessop was educated at Almondsbury Grammar School, Huddersfield, and King's College, Cambridge, where he gained his BA in Natural Sciences in 1928. He did his clinical studies at University College Hospital, graduating MRCS LRCP in 1931, and later the Cambr

John Howell Hughes was born on 25 October 1908, in Liverpool, to John Hughes, a builder, and Anne Ellen, née Williams. He was educated at Liverpool Collegiate School, where he was captain of rugby, and went on to study medicine at Liverpool University. After qualifying, he was house surgeon and hous

Harold Rodgers was Professor of Surgery at Queen's University, Belfast. He was born in Buldana, near Bombay, India, the third child and second son of Thomas Rivers Rodgers, a medical officer and prison governor, and Elizabeth Idee née Brinkworth, whose father was a civil servant. As a boy he became