Gordon Walter Mills was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, on 18 June 1927. He was educated at Hautapu Primary School, Hamilton High School, and the University of Otago. He obtained the MB ChB in 1953 and came to London in 1962 to specialise in otolaryngology. He spent some years at the Institute of Oto

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