David Moffat was a consultant neuro-otologist/skull base surgeon of international acclaim. He ran an outstanding department at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge from 1981 until he retired in 2012. He was born on 27 June 1947 in Cardiff, Wales of Celtic stock; his father, Graham Moffat, was Scotti

Born on 27 April 1905 he was educated in Halifax and entered the medical school in Leeds in 1922 qualifying there in 1927. He served as a resident at the Birmingham and Midland Ear Nose and Throat Hospital and as resident aural officer at the General Infirmary, Leeds for six years, a record period.

Born on 8 March 1894, the daughter of John and Agnes Collier, Josephine Collier was educated at the Convent of Notre Dame, Southport, the University of Oxford, and University College Hospital, where she qualified in 1922. She was house surgeon at King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, and later successi

Born on 17 January 1872, the third son of James Marriage of Beckenham, Kent, merchant, and his wife Patience Jane Hayward. He was educated at the City of London School and St Thomas's Hospital, which he entered with a scholarship in 1891 and later served as house surgeon and house physician. After p