Denys Shane Sumner was a general surgeon in Auckland and the first President of the New Zealand Association of General Surgeons. He spent his early years on the West Coast of New Zealand, before moving to Wellington for his secondary education. He attended Otago Medical School and worked in Wellingt

Keith Sutherns was a consultant surgeon in Aberystwyth. He was born in the Welsh town on 30 March 1945. His father, John Leslie Sutherns, was a schoolmaster. His mother was Margaret Myfanwy née Jones. He was educated at Llanelli Boys' Grammar School and the London Hospital, where he was house surgeo

George Fairlie-Clarke qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1938 and after a house surgeon post at Bart's he was resident surgical officer at the Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells. He retired to Dartmouth where he died on 9 September 2002, aged 89 years.

Norman Joyce Townsley was a consultant general surgeon at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He was born on 1 November 1905. His father was a solicitor's assistant, while his elder brother, Gerald, became a surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital, Rochester. Prior to engaging in clinical studies at Queen's

William Tucker was a general surgical consultant in West Dorset. He was born on 3 August 1912 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia - now Harare, Zimbabwe. His mother was Maud Janet née Tribe. His father, William Arthur Leigh Tucker, was born in Hampshire and moved to South Africa to work in the mines in

Nothing can be discovered about Ramaswamy Nagendran, beyond that in the College's list of Fellows his address for many years is given as Bangalore, India. He died in 1993.

Bertram Nairn was born in Melbourne on 1 August 1901, the son of William Nairn, a wine merchant and MP for the State of Western Australia, and Theresa Bertram. His uncle Walter had been Speaker of the House of Representatives in Canberra. He was educated at Perth Boys' School and the Scotch College,

Born in Bengal, Nripendra Nandi qualified from the National Medical School of Calcutta in 1959 and after junior posts did postgraduate work in Delhi, where he obtained the MS. He came to England and studied for the FRCS, working for a time as a locum consultant surgeon in Ards Hospital, Newtownards,

Algimantas Narakas was born in 1928 in Kaunas, the son of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and later Minister of Interior Affairs of Lithuania. An infection of his left tibia and right hip brought him in 1938 to Switzerland in search of a cure. He was in effect confined to bed until 1946, when

Born in Philadelphia on 9 May 1907, Jonathan Rhoads was the son of Edward G Rhoads, a Quaker physician who practised in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. His mother was Margaret Ely née Paxson. He was educated at Quaker schools and Haverford College, before studying medicine at Johns Hopkins.

Wilmot John Tresize was born on 10 October 1915 in Christchurch, New Zealand, the son of Alfred Joseph Tresize, a carpenter, and his wife Eileen Gladys Cole, née King. He was educated at West Christchurch District High School, which he represented in the First XI at cricket. He matriculated at 15 an

Thomson was born on 14 July 1919 in Brisbane, the son of Frederick Thorpe Thomson, an insurance executive, and his wife Ann Margaret, née Evans. He was educated at Brisbane Boys' College, before winning an open scholarship to the University of Queensland where he won the W N Robertson medal for firs