Frederick Rudolph Henning was a dental surgeon in Adelaide, South Australia. He was born on 22 April 1925 in Subiaco, Western Australia, the son of Frederick Rudolph Emil Dawson Henning and Maysie Henning née Bird. He studied dentistry at the University of Adelaide. During the Second World War he

Alison Wendy Boulter was a dental surgeon from Woking, Surrey.

Adrian William David Cowan, known as ‘Eddy’, was chief of the department of periodontology at Dublin Dental Hospital, a consultant oral surgeon in the city, and dean of the faculty of dental surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He was born on 26 August 1919 in Dublin, into an Orth

John Miller, Emeritus Professor of Child Dental Health at the University Hospital of Wales, died on 9 July 2011. A gifted, kind, generous teacher, he inspired many students and was internationally renowned for his contributions to caries research and the understanding of developmental anomalies of t

Terence Ward was born in Dartmouth on 16 January 1906, the son of a school teacher. Shortly afterwards the family moved to Edinburgh, where he was educated at the Royal High School. Wishing to pursue a career in dentistry, but with only limited means, he became apprenticed as a dental mechanic, and

Edmund Mai Hiong Tay was a professor of prosthetic dentistry and dean of the dental faculty at the National University of Singapore. He was born in Sapong, a small town about 100 miles from Jesselton, British North Borneo, the son of a Chinese planter, Tay Geok Chun and his wife, Mdm Yap Ngo Neo. Hi

Gilbert John Parfitt was the first department head of the faculty of dentistry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He was born on 20 March 1920 in Caversham, Oxfordshire. His father, John Brodribb Parfitt, was a consultant dental surgeon at Guy’s Hospital, London; his mother wa

Born on 4 December 1923, Donald did not deviate from his childhood ambition of becoming a dentist. On leaving Manchester Grammar School he went to Manchester Dental School, where he graduated at the end of the Second World War. After serving as Captain in the Royal Army Dental Corps in Germany

Ewen Eric James Kirk was a professor of dentistry at the University of Otago, New Zeland. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon, or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk.

Stuart Crabb was a professor in the department of restorative dentistry at the University of Leeds. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Martin died on 4 October 2017 following a year-long fight against cancer. He was born on 4 June 1950, the first of five children of Lawrence and Mary Wardle. Martin started his dental training at Birmingham University in 1968 following in the footsteps of his father Lawrence, who had also studied de

Charles Robert Stockdale was a dental surgeon in Manchester. He was born in Manchester on 29 May 1925. His father, William Henry Stockdale, was a schoolmaster at a technical school; his mother Dorothy K Stockdale née Daykin was a housewife. He studied dentistry at Manchester, qualifying with his