Horatio Orishejolomi Thomas was a distinguished alumnus of Birmingham University Medical School. He was the first Nigerian surgeon to become FRCS and in April 1962 he was invited by the Federal government of Nigeria to establish a medical school and teaching hospital at Lagos. Later in that year (Se

William Henry Bond was born on 29 December 1918. He was educated at Derby School and while a pupil there, he was a chorister at Derby Cathedral. He graduated MB ChB with first class honours in 1942 (University of Birmingham), having won a number of prizes and distinctions as an undergraduate. He bec