Naganath Hanamanthrao Mahindrakar was joint head of the ENT department at Royal Bolton Hospital. He was born in Dharwad, India on 3 September 1932. His father, Hanamanthrao Appaji, was a businessman selling cigarettes wholesale; his mother, Parwatbai, was a housewife. He was educated at Karnatak Hig

Philip Binns was born on 26 June 1928, son of Harry Binns, a merchant, and Selena Ellen Moore. He was educated at Keighley Grammar School, and then did his National Service with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as a radar mechanic. He was demobilised in 1948 and entered Leeds University

Ian Irvine Wilson, the son of Leonard and Dorothy Garland Irvine, was born at Wellington, New Zealand, on 10 October 1920. After education at John McGlasher College he went to the University of Otago to graduate in dentistry at the age of twenty-one. After three years in dental practice he returned