Alexander Watson received his medical education at the University of Sydney and qualified MB BS there in 1933. He came to London and gained the Fellowship in 1950. Returning to Australia, he practised in Fremantle and Perth and was clinical assistant surgeon and subsequently surgeon at Fremantle Hos

Gunter was educated at Melbourne University, qualifying MB BS there in 1945 and gaining his MS in 1950. He held junior appointments at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 1945 to 1949. He came to Britain in 1950 and passed the FRCS examination in that year. After spending a year at Frenchay Hospital,

After St Patrick's College, Godfrey Goodson qualified from Otago in 1943, did house jobs in Wellington, and then went to England for postgraduate surgical training, passing the FRCS in 1950. He returned to New Zealand in 1951 as resident surgeon at the Hutt Hospital and was elected to the visiting s

Kumar Kanti Ghosh was born in India and received his medical education at the Medical College, Calcutta. He obtained the FRCS in 1950 and was appointed professor and director of surgery at the Medical College. He was one of the pioneers of modern surgery in Calcutta, and was an extremely popular tea

Richard Neve was born in Croydon on 23 November 1923. His father, Clement Treves Neve, FRCS (qv *Lives of the Fellows* 1930-1951) was a surgeon, and his mother, Elsie Mabel, née Pedley, was the daughter of Richard Pedley, a medically qualified dental surgeon. His father's three uncles were Sir Frede

Born on 29 November 1906 in Rome, Aldo was the first child of Alfredo Calo, MD and Ida, nee Ottlenghi. He obtained the 'Maturità' Classica', equivalent to a BA degree, from the Liceo Ginnasio Ennio Quirino Visconti in Rome before qualifying MD from the Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, R Università d

Born in South Africa, Morris David Gelfand was educated at Wynberg, Cape Town and began his medical career at the University of Cape Town, graduating MB ChB at the age of 21. He held house appointments at Congella Hospital, Durban, and from there joined the practice of Hymie Penn and Aaron Porter in

David Bell was a surgeon at Belfast City Hospital. The son of William George Thompson Bell, a farmer and mill-owner from Cookstown, Northern Ireland, and Emma Jane Bell, he was born on 20 June 1920. A great uncle, cousin and brother were all doctors. From the Rainey Endowed School he went to Queen’s

David Steel Chapman was a consultant surgeon at Ashington Hospital and a former professor of surgery at Natal University, South Africa. He was born in Choppington, Northumberland, in 1919. He qualified from Durham in 1942 and won the Hallet prize. Joining the Army in 1943, he was with the British ra

Neil Mackillop was born of Scottish parents in Karachi in 1920. He was educated at Glasgow High School and the University of Glasgow where he captained the university rugby team. After qualifying in 1943 and one year in resident appointments he joined the Royal Navy for three years and returned to t

James Oldfield was born in Sunderland on 10 July 1923. His father was Thomas Oldfield, a shipwright, and his mother was Annie, née Cockerill-Lawrence. He attended Bede Collegiate School, Sunderland, and then went to Durham University to study medicine on a Miners' Association Scholarship. He attende

Herbert Fletcher Smith was born in Farnworth, Lancashire, on 26 December 1917, the son of James Fletcher Smith, a general practitioner. He was educated at Bolton School before entering Manchester University Medical School where he was awarded the Dickinson Scholarship in anatomy and in 1939 passed t