Harry Piggott was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and Birmingham Children's Hospital. He was born in Kilburn, Derbyshire, on 16 December 1925, the only child of John Henry Piggott, a miner, and Elizabeth Piggott née Barrett, the daughter of a potter. He was educate

Sir Rodney Sweetnam was undoubtedly the doyen of orthopaedic surgery of his generation. He had many talents. Foremost, he was a natural surgeon, gifted with great operative dexterity. He was also a pioneer in the research and management of bone tumours, and, thirdly, was an outstanding committee cha

Franklyn Gilbert Bell (known as 'Frank') was an orthopaedic surgeon in Fremantle, Western Australia. He was born in Perth, also in Western Australia, the third of five children of Albany Maston Bell, a business proprietor, and Elizabeth Chisholm Bell née Gilbert. He was educated at Perth Modern Scho

Jyotish Chandra Narendrarai Joshipura was an orthopaedic surgeon at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, India. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

A stroke ended Brian Cornish's long life of service and achievement on Friday 28 July 2017. He died peacefully aged 92, surrounded by his 4 children and their spouses. Betty, his wife of fifty-nine years, preceded him in 2009. His end came at Royal Adelaide Hospital where he started work as a junior

Rienzie Brendan Joseph Peiris studied orthopaedic surgery in Liverpool and passed the fellowship of the college in 1955. On his return to Sri Lanka he eventually became senior consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Colombo General Hospital. Along with the usual orthopaedic problems, he was faced with

Michael Lyell Haddon Lee was born in St Anne’s-on-Sea, Lancashire on 3 May 1934. He studied medicine at Oxford University, graduating MB,ChB in 1947. After working as an assistant in the accident services at the Radcliffe Hospital and the Nuffield department of orthopaedic surgery at the University,

Desmond Cowan was an orthopaedic surgeon and chief of staff of East Kootenay Regional Hospital in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada. He was born in Rochford, Essex on 18 June 1924, the son of Will Cowan and Tommy Cowan née Greer, the middle child of three siblings. He studied medicine and qualifie

Royston ‘Roy’ Reed-Davis was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Chedoke and Hamilton Civic hospitals, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was born in London on 8 October 1921. His birth was registered in Hackney and his mother’s maiden name was Reed. In 1939 he was living in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, a

Dr Thomas Joseph Claffey AM was born in Woollahra, Sydney on 25 January 1925. He began school at St Francis Paddington and was there for his primary school. He won a bursary to Waverley College and was there for 5 years. Tom’s father originally came from Gympie and worked as a tram conductor. Withou

Sheroo Kohli née Bharucha was an orthopaedic surgeon who lived in Maine, USA. She was born in Bombay, India, on 2 May 1926, the first child of Darabsha Bharucha, an architect, and Aria Bharucha née Dhun, the daughter of a professor of Persian. She was educated in Bombay, at St Teresa's High School,

Evan Price was an orthopaedic surgeon in Barnsley, where he worked for nearly 40 years from his appointment as a consultant in 1959. He was born on 22 March 1921 in the village of Llanon in Cardiganshire. His father, Evan James Price, was a farmer who had been a medical student for two years before