Ramaswami Mahadevan was born on 6 January 1903 in Tamil Nadu, South India, the ninth child of Ramaswami Iyer, headmaster of a secondary school. He was educated at Presidency College, Madras, before entering the University of Madras Medical College from which he qualified in 1926. After hospital appo

Turuvekere Dharmayya Venkata Krishnan was born on 4 June 1905, and after graduating in medicine in the University of Madras and holding junior posts in India he came to the United Kingdom and obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and also in 1938 the Conjoint Diploma

Edward Philomen Connolly, of whom little is known, was in practice in Manley, New South Wales, when he died on 21 August 1967. He was a member of the Australian Medical Association.

Harold Park was horn on 26 July 1909 at Preston, Lancashire, and studied medicine in Edinburgh, qualifying in 1932. His early appointments included the posts of casualty officer at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, and resident medical officer at St Paul's Hospital for Genito-Urinary Diseases. In 1938

Karmarkar was born in Kolhapur, India, on 19 March 1909, the son of Hari Dattatraya Karmarkar, a general practitioner, and Savitri Hari Karmarkar, a housewife. He was educated at the King George High School, Mudhol, and Deccan College of Arts, Poona, from which he went to study medicine at the Seth

Nathan (Sonny) Garber, the son of Joel Garber, a hotel manager, and of Sara (née Efroiken), was born on 2 June 1902 in Lithuania. He was the oldest of seven children, with four brothers and two sisters, the family having migrated to South Africa in 1904. His early education was at Normal College Sch

Edward Harold Walter Gifford was the son of Algernon Charles Gifford, a school- teacher and astronomer, and of Susie Gifford (née Jones). He was born at Wellington, New Zealand, on 26 May 1909 and educated at Roseneath Primary School and Wellington College where he was deputy head prefect, played in

Robert Sutherland Lawson was born in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, on 31 May 1908. His father was Sir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson, KCMG, Prime Minister of Victoria 1918-24. His mother was a distant relation of Sir James Clark, Physician to Queen Victoria. A younger brother, D F Lawson, is a

Makarand Talwalkar was one of a distinguished family of medical practitioners in India; the first of the name to practise medicine could count twenty nine descendants who were medically qualified, of whom eighteen attended Grant Medical College, Bombay, from 1869 onwards. Makarand Talwalkar was b

Sydney George Nardell was born in London on 11 April 1913, where his father, Hyman Nardell, was a tailor, and his mother, Millie Rabinowitz, a housewife. He was educated at King's College and St George's Hospital, where he qualified in 1932. After junior posts he won the Hallett prize in the primary

Leon Chanock qualified MB ChB 1925, and in the same year his name appeared on the register of South African medical practitioners. By working through issues of the South African Medical Register, it seems that from 1977 until his death he practised at Bantry Bay, Cape Town. His death appeared in the

Stanley Raw was born on 23 February 1910 in Spratton, Northamptonshire, where his father, George Raw, was vicar, and his mother was Ada, née Morton. One of his uncles was consultant surgeon to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Another uncle was a physician in Rodney Street, Liverpoo