James Robert Clough was a surgeon who lived in Bristol. 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

Kershaw Burjor Khambatta studied medicine at Grant Medical College in Bombay, qualifying MB, BS in 1942. After working as a house surgeon at the Sir J. J. Hospital he travelled to the UK to study for the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, passing in 1956, and of the college wh

Kenneth Barker was a general surgeon at Wharfedale General Hospital, Otley, West Yorkshire. Born on 15 November 1930, he studied medicine at Leeds University graduating MB ChB in 1954. After house jobs at the General Infirmary in Leeds he passed the fellowship of the college in 1962 and was appointe

Amarish Jagmohan Parikh was a surgeon who lived and worked in Ahmedabad, India. He was born in Umreth in Gujarat State, India on 2 March 1934, the seventh child and fourth son of Jagmohan Lalbhai Parikh, a civil judge, and Saraswati Parikh née Chokshi. He attended the Government High School, Nadiad,

Edwin Carr was both a surgeon and a successful athlete. Born in Sydney on 2 September 1928, he was the son of Edwin ‘Slip’ Carr, a sprinter who represented Australia in the 1924 Paris Olympics and was a semi-finalist in the 100 meters. Edwin Junior was Australian 440 yard champion in 1949/50 and 195

Gerald Holmes was a surgeon at hospitals in Nigeria, South Africa, the South Pacific and the Middle East. Born on 7 January 1931 in Rotherham, he was the son of John Holmes, a wholesale confectioner, and his wife Lucy née Roome who was a nurse. He was educated by the Jesuits at Mount St Mary’s Colle

Michael Naunton Morgan combined his surgical skills with those of a first class cricketer. The son of Sir Clifford Naunton Morgan, a former vice-president of the college, and his wife Ena Muriel, née Evans, he was born on 15 May 1932 in Marylebone. After attending Marlborough College School, he stud

James Russell Fergusson Downie (Jim) was born on 5 November, 1932 to George and Gertrude Downie at St Georges Hospital, Kew. He spent his childhood in Auburn attending school firstly at Auburn South Primary School, then Gardenvale, the Melbourne High School where he matriculated with distinction. Th

Philip Powley was a consultant surgeon in Swindon. 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

Kenneth Carroll was born in Australia and studied medicine at Queensland University, qualifying MB, BS in 1956. After house jobs at Gympie General Hospital, he came to the UK and worked at the Gravesend and North Kent Hospital in Gravesend. He became a senior surgical registrar at St Bartholomew’s H

George Weir Johnston was a consultant general surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. He was born into a farming family near Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, the youngest of five sons of Thomas Johnston and Jeannie Johnston née Weir. Whatever aspirations he may have had to be

Reza Larizadeh was born on 28 August 1934 in Ahraz, Southern Iran. He came to England and studied at the Edgbaston School of Science and the University of Wales. In 1958 he took the Conjoint Diploma and the MB BCh and the FRCS in 1962. Before returning to Iran he held appointments at Cardiff, Sheffi