Norman William Struthers was chair of the urology department at St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada. He was born in Kilbarchan, Scotland on 31 December 1927. His father, Ian Loudon Struthers, was a soft drink manufacturer; his mother was Mary Elizabeth Struthers. He attended Spiers’ School in Bei

Donald McIntyre studied medicine at Edinburgh University and graduated MB, ChB in 1951. He did house jobs at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and then moved as a registrar to the department of urology at the United Leeds Hospitals. Following a period as senior registrar in urology to the Salford Royal

Leonard Norman Allen ('Len') was a urological surgeon at Edgware General Hospital, Middlesex. He was born in the village of Brede, Sussex, on 30 April 1929, the youngest son of Norman Williams Allen and Mildred Kathleen Allen née Hoad. His father, a much-respected member of the local community, was

Samareswar Bhattacharyya, known as ‘Samar’, was a general surgeon for the West Wales Regional Health Authority. He was born in Calcutta, India on 5 August 1919, the son of a radiologist, and studied medicine at the R G Kar Medical College in the city, qualifying in 1945. The same year he went to

John Atwell was a paediatric surgeon in Southampton and a distinguished paediatric urologist. He was born on 17 May 1929 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. His father, Percival John Cyril Atwell, was a manager with Shell Oil; his mother was Doris May Atwell née Gardner. When he was five, the family returned t

John Luck was a urological surgeon in Windsor and Maidenhead. He was born on 26 February 1931, the son of Thomas Richard Luck, a manager, and Beatrice Christina Luck née McKenzie. He was educated at Southgate County Grammar School and then won an entrance scholarship to St Mary’s Hospital Medical Sc