Philip Stell had an outstanding career as a reconstructive surgeon, dealing with head and neck cancers, and went on to a successful second career in mediaeval history. He was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, on 14 August 1934, the son of Frank Law Stell, a tailor’s manager, and Ada née Davies. He was ed

Howard Payne House was a pioneering ear specialist. During his long career he treated thousands of patients, including Howard Hughes, Bob Hope and the former President, Ronald Reagan. A graduate of the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine, House perfected the wire loop techni

Born on 27 February 1911 at Karlsruhe, Herbert Sigmund Kander came from a family with a strong medical tradition. He studied medicine at the Universities of Vienna and Munich, but was obliged by the Nazi tyranny to leave Germany before graduating, and came to England in 1933 at the age of 22. He stu

Born in London 1 November 1903, the second child and only son of Alfred George Chamings, chief officer of the public control department, London County Council, and Bertha Wilson, his wife. He was educated at Westminster School (admitted 27 September 1917, non-resident King's Scholar September 1918,

Born 20 May 1857 at Bohemia House, Turnham Green, the sixth of the seven sons of George Frederick Collier and his wife Mary Anne Stanley. His father matriculated from Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 15 March 1827 but never graduated in the university; he was an MD of Leyden and was surgeon to the household

Born 16 June 1855 at Tillington, Stafford, second son and fourth of the seven children of Edward Marsh (b 1806), yeoman farmer, and Elizabeth Hall, his second wife. He was educated at King Edward's School, Stafford, and King's College Hospital, London. After qualifying in 1877 he served with the Tur

Born 26 November 1888, the elder son of Frank Marsh, FRCS, and Constance Hooper, his wife, who outlived her son. He was educated at Shrewsbury and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with second-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1910. He then entered St Bartholomew's,

Born 5 October 1883, the son of Major John Colledge of Lauriston House, Cheltenham, he was educated at Cheltenham College, at Caius College, Cambridge, and at St George's Hospital Medical School. After a period as demonstrator of anatomy at King's College in the Strand, he was appointed assistant au

A renowned ear surgeon, Stuart Mawson was a consultant otolaryngologist at King’s College Hospital, London. He was born on 4 March 1918 in London. His father, Alec Robert Mawson, was chief officer of the parks’ department of the London County Council. His mother, Ena Grossmith, was an actress and th

James Stinson Brown was a Canadian surgeon who specialized in treatment of the deaf. He was born on 24 February 1923 in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of Abner John Brown and his wife Lillian "Lilly" Roben Kidd. He graduated in medicine from the University of Manitoba in 1949 and came to England to stud

Stewart Cameron was a much respected otolaryngologist at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with a special interest in skull-based surgery. He was born in Newcastle on 3 July 1940 and was head boy at Dame Allan's School. A keen rugby player at school, he went on to play scrum half for the No

Rex Barton was a former otolaryngologist, head and neck surgeon at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. He was born in Carmarthen, Wales, on 3 May 1944, the eldest son of Lieutenant Colonel Edward Cecil Barton of the Royal Sussex Regiment and Gwendolen Margaret Gladwys née Thomas, who qualified at the Roy