Iskander, an Egyptian, took the Fellowship in 1949 and then returned to Egypt and practised as a surgeon in Cairo for about fourteen years. His death was reported to the College by A A K Motawi FRCS on 25 April 1965.

Robert Cecil Ronald Loane was born in Belfast on 8 June 1919, went to school at the Methodist College, and then proceeded to Queen's University where he graduated in medicine in 1942. He joined the RAF, and on demobilization became a surgical registrar at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, which

William Burnett was born on 23 March 1921 and educated at Ballater and Banchory Schools on Deeside, Aberdeenshire. He entered Aberdeen University in 1938 and graduated in medicine with first class honours in 1943. He then spent a year as an assistant with Professor R D Lockhart in the University of

Jan Roeland Frylinck qualified MB ChB from Cape Town in 1935. He passed the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1949 and the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1948. He was a surgeon in Sea Point, South Africa, and died in 1977 or 1978.

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

Born in Baroda in 1917, the son of a farmer, Manibhai Patel went to Grant Medical College in Bombay and qualified MB BS and then obtained his MD in obstetrics and gynaecology. Proceeding to England he became FRCS in 1949 and then settled in Baroda. Here he became a prominent member of the medical sc

Thomas Kelly was born on 27 March 1912 at Burra in South Australia, the son of a farmer and a farmer's daughter, and was educated at a convent school and the Christian Brothers College at Rostrevor. He went to medical school in Adelaide where he obtained the Duncan Hughes and Lady Duncan Scholarship

David Macfarlane was a consultant general surgeon at Sutton and Cheam Hospital and at St Stephen's and Princess Beatrice hospitals in the Westminster group, and also an author and outstanding teacher. He was born in Glasgow on 21 June 1921, the only son of George Souttar Macfarlane, a consulting eng

Noel Fowler qualified MB BS at Sydney University in 1942 and was resident medical officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney from 1942 to 1943 and served as a captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps from 1943 to 1947. Coming to Britain to work for his Fellowship he obtained house pos

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

Anthony Anscombe, known as 'Tony', was a consultant surgeon in Manchester and a former dean of clinical studies. He was born in Bath, Somerset, on 16 November 1923, the son of Reginald Thomas Anscombe, who served in the Indian Army. He was educated at Bishopshalt Grammar School and the London Hospit