Linehan was educated at University College Cork, qualifying in 1949. His working life was spent in Cork, where he was the Ainsworth travelling scholar, surgical registrar at St Finbarr's Hospital, surgeon to the Mercy Hospital and external surgeon to the South Charitable Infirmary. He died on 6 D

Ramesh Kumar received his professional education at the University of the Punjab, qualifying MB BS in 1944. After passing the Fellowship in 1952, he practised in Britain for some years and worked for a time at the Alder Hey Children's Hospital. He returned to India in the 1960s and practised in Calc

Pulakeri Venkata Rao became a Fellow of the College in 1952. He returned to India and practiced at Father Muller's Hospital in Mangalore. He died on 20 April 1983 at Harrisburg, USA survived by his wife, Meera.

Alexander Gordon Moffoot was a general surgeon in British Columbia, Canada. He was born in Edinburgh on 24 April 1923, the son of George Roberston Moffoot, a dental surgeon, and Doris Hilda née Jobey. His brother followed in his father’s footsteps to become a dentist, but after attending Yarm Gramma

Louis Blumberg was a consultant surgeon in Cape Town and a respected medical historian. He was born in 1920 and educated in Cape Town, where he graduated in 1944. He went to England to specialise in surgery, passed the FRCS, and returned to South Africa, developing a private practice in Cape Town

Guan Bee Ong, or ‘G B’ as he was known to his many friends and colleagues throughout the world, was a pioneering surgeon in Hong Kong. In the many tributes following his death, he was described as “a giant among surgeons”, “a craftsman, innovator and statesman” and “a far-sighted and dynamic leader”

Daniel Gerard Lane was born on 29 April 1924, the son of Dr Morgan Lane of Brisbane, Queensland, who introduced him as a child to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital. He was educated at Nudgee College and entered the Medical School in Brisbane in 1942. He graduated with honours in 1947 and then did res

Percy Helman was born on New Year's Day, 1924. He was educated at Laingsburg Junior and High School and at the University of Cape Town, where he graduated MB ChB in 1946. He served his internship in medicine and surgery at Groote Schuur Hospital and started his surgical training in Cape Town. He the

'Bill' Irvine was born 19 March 1925 in Glasgow, the son of George Irvine. He was educated by his father and then at the University of Glasgow. After qualifying he planned his own programme of surgical training and successively worked with Sir Charles Illingworth (Glasgow), Peter McEvedy (Manchester

Alexander Leonard Black was born in Liverpool on 7 November 1914, the son of Alexander Black and Gertrude (née Beardwood). He was educated at Bootle Grammar School and Liverpool University Medical School, qualifying in 1938. While he was doing house appointments the second world war was declared and

Roger Parnis was born on 6 October 1923 in Sliema, Malta. His father, Eric, was a Judge, and his mother was Lucy, née Chapelle. His uncle, Henry Parnis, was a psychiatrist who spent some years working at Colney Hatch Mental Hospital in North London and another uncle, Edward Chapelle, spent most of h

John Blair Logan Taylor was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, on 13 June 1923, the son of John Binnie Taylor, a GP, and his wife, Margaret Godfrey Logan. He received his early education first at the Glasgow Academy and later at Manchester Grammar School. He entered the Manchester University Medical S