Donald William Hugh Ruddick was a senior surgeon at Montreal General Hospital. He was born in Montreal on 23 October 1916, the son of William Wallace Ruddick, a general surgeon at Montreal General Hospital and a graduate of McGill University, and Ernesteen Angelic née Saucier. The family had a medic

Will Davey wrote the first textbook on surgery in tropical countries. He was born on 28 February 1912 in Dunmurry, near Belfast, in Northern Ireland. His father, Robert, was a minister of religion. His mother was Charlotte née Higginson. One of a family of five, he studied medicine at Queens Univers

Andrew Robinson was born at Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire, on 17 December 1920. He was the second son of Dr Frank Robinson who was himself one of five brothers who became medical practitioners. They were the fourth dynasty of a long line of medical men with its roots in the eighteenth century. B

Denis Martin Morrissey was born in Newcastle, County Tipperary, Ireland, on 13 July 1914, the second son of Michael Joseph Morrissey, a farmer. His early education was at the High School, Clonmel, County Tipperary, before entering University College, Dublin, for medical studies, which included a pos

Stephen de Carteret Barclay was born on 26 August 1918 in New Zealand. He qualified there and came to England after the war to specialise in surgery. He returned to New Zealand to practice in Leamington, Cambridge, where he is thought to have died sometime in 2002.

Kenneth McKeown was born on 31 October 1912 in Belfast. His father, Robert James McKeown, was a linen manufacturer and his mother was Sarah, née Owen. He received his medical training at the Royal Academical Institute in Belfast, and at Queen's University, where he achieved distinctions in anatomy a

Duncan Mackinnon Hamilton was born on 28 October 1918. He was educated at Belmont, Mill Hill, Balliol College and Oxford University Medical School. He obtained the BA in 1939, BM BCh in 1942 and served in the RAMC during the war in Malta, Austria and Italy, attaining the rank of Major. He was a regi

James Kennedy Watt, the son of a general practitioner, was born close to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 30 August 1921. After education at the High School of Glasgow he went to Glasgow University where he had a distinguished undergraduate career, gaining the James Hunter Medal in pathology and gradu

William Austin Wilson was born at Rothwell, Dumfriesshire, on 7 August 1920, the son of John Wilson, a farmer, and was educated at Oban High School and Stranraer High School before entering the University of Edinburgh. He qualified in 1942 and after house appointments at Bridge of Earn Hospital join

Aubrey York Mason, one of the many South Africans to distinguish themselves in British medicine, came late to the Royal College of Surgeons but gave loyal service to it in a succession of roles throughout his consultant career. He was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, on 9 February 1910

Ian Henderson was born in Hamilton, Scotland, on 4 November 1918, the son of Stewart Dalton Henderson and Grace Aird, née Masterson. He was an only child. From Biggar High School he went to Fettes as a foundation scholar and was awarded a James Begg memorial exhibition. At Guy's Hospital Medical Sch

Hewet was educated at Manchester University where he gained a BSc and qualified MB ChB with honours in 1944, and gained his Fellowship in 1949. After qualification he was resident surgical officer and chief assistant in the surgical unit at Manchester Royal Infirmary, before becoming consultant surg