Maitreyee Chaudhuri was born on 19 May 1910 and died on 6 June 2010, at the age of 100. She gained her FRCS in 1947.

Gordon Andrew Barclay was a consultant surgeon in London's East End, at St Andrew's Hospital, Bow, East Ham Memorial Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital. He was also an honorary lecturer at the London Hospital Medical College. Prior to his consultant appointments, he was a member of a British paedia

Archibald Edmund Carter was a consultant surgeon at Ealing Hospital, London. He studied medicine at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School and qualified in 1945 with honours in surgery. He gained his FRCS in 1947. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a surgical registrar at the Royal Northern H

Isaac Jacobson was a urological surgeon in Cape Town, South Africa. He was educated at SACS (South African College Schools) in Newlands, Cape Town, and then went on to study medicine at the University of Cape Town, qualifying in 1935. He travelled to London intending to train as a surgeon, but, wit

Charles Hollenberg was professor of medicine and chair of the department of medicine at the University of Toronto, and physician-in-chief of Toronto General Hospital. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email

Henry Montague Lewis was a general surgeon at Potchefstroom General Hospital, South Africa. 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

Bishnupada Mukhopadhyaya was a distinguished orthopaedic surgeon. He was born in Patna, Bihar in 1916, the son of Bipin Chandra Mukherjee, a school headmaster, and Shailbala, a housewife. He was educated at the P N Anglo Sanskrit School in Patna and then studied medicine at Patna University. He won

Denis Norden Fuller was a consultant thoracic surgeon in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was born on 9 March 1917 in Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa, the son of Harold Norden Fuller and Natalie Maud Courtney Fuller née Acutt. He was educated at Highbury in Natal and Kingswood College in Grahamstown

Sudhansu Mohan Ghosh was professor of surgery at the Calcutta National Medical College, India. He was born on 7 March 1907 and was educated in East Bengal, where he gained a distinction in mathematics. He joined the Calcutta Medical College in 1925 and in 1931 successfully passed the primary fellows

James Joseph MacHale was a consultant thoracic surgeon in Birmingham. He was born in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, on 25 August 1915, the son of Joseph Patrick MacHale, an insurance manager, and Grace MacHale née Moran, a housewife. He was educated at Blackrock College and then went on to Universi

Roland Thompson Grime was a consultant general surgeon in Stockport. He was born in Cheadle Hume, Cheshire, on 18 July 1916, the son of Horace Grime, who was in the cotton trade, and Lily Grime née Thompson. He was educated at Ellesmere College, Shropshire, and then studied medicine at Manchester Un

Walter Bain was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor. He was born in Ayr and educated at Loretto, Jesus College, Cambridge and Guy's Hospital. He qualified in medicine in 1942 and, joining the navy as a surgeon lieutenant, saw action in the Mediterranean and Far East.