Leslie H Blumgart (‘Les’) was one of the world leaders in hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery. Known affectionately as ‘the professor’ by his many trainees, he was a dominant figure in the evolution of HPB surgery around the world for almost 50 years and built one of the great HPB clinical and ac

Paul McMaster founded the liver transplant unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham with his physician colleague, Elwyn Elias. He was born in Liverpool on 4 January 1943, the son of James McMaster, a general practitioner, and Sarah Jane McMaster née Lynn, and studied medicine at Liverpool Uni

Sir Peter Morris was the Nuffield professor of surgery, chairman of the department of surgery and director of the Oxford transplant centre at the University of Oxford and president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England from 2001 to 2004. He was born in Horsham in the state of Victoria, Austral

Maxwell James Coleman was director of surgery at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. 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

Bill Barrie was a consultant general surgeon who was a driving force in developing surgery, and laparoscopic surgery in particular, at Leicester General Hospital. He was born on 22 May 1945 in Glasgow, the son of Robert Barrie, an engineer at the engineering firm G and J Weir, and Annie Barrie née W

Michael Paine was a surgeon rear admiral in the Royal Navy. 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

Selwyn Glick was a consultant general surgeon in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. He was born on 7 February 1934, the son of Joseph Glick and Rosie Glick née Rose. His decision to become a doctor was his mother’s: as he put it ‘every Jewish mother wants her son to be a doctor’. He trained at Birmingh

Hugh Carmalt was a clinical associate professor of surgery, lecturer and tutor at the University of Sydney and a consultant general, breast and endocrine surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He was born in Sydney, the son of Harry Victor Carmalt, an industrial chemist and professional musici

The only child of Andrew Cheyne of Ollaberry, Shetland and Eliza Watson, his wife (d. 1856), was born off Hobart's Town, Tasmania, on 14 December 1852. His father (d. 1867) was the owner of ships trading in the South Sea islands. His parents dying young, Cheyne was brought up by his uncle, who was t

Born 24 August 1877 at Frogmoor House, High Wycombe, Bucks, in the house where his grandfather, William Hayden, LSA 1837, MRCS 1856, and his father, William Gallimore Hayden, MRCS 1863, had successively practised medicine. His mother was Elizabeth Matilda, daughter of William Falconer, who founded t

Born on July 16th, 1783, at Cirencester, where his father, William Lawrence (1753-1837), was the chief surgeon of the town. His mother was Judith, second daughter of William Wood, of Tetbury, Gloucestershire. The younger son, Charles Lawrence (1794-1881), was a scientific agriculturist who took a le

Born at Leeds on June 28th, 1831, the eldest son of Thomas Pridgin Teale, senr (qv), and succeeded his father both officially and in practice. He was educated at Leeds Grammar School, entered Winchester College in 1844, and matriculated from Brasenose College, Oxford, on February 2nd, 1849. He gradu