Patrick Dacre Trevor-Roper, known as ‘T R’, was an acclaimed eye surgeon and a successful campaigner. He was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, on 7 June 1916, where his father, Bertie William Edward Trevor-Roper, was in general practice. His mother was Kathleen Elizabeth née Davison. He was educated

Born at Market Harborough in March, 1809, the son of John Nunneley, a gentleman of property in Leicester, who claimed descent from a Shropshire family. Educated privately, Nunneley was apprenticed in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and afterwards entered Guy's Hospital, where he was taught by Sir

Peter MacFaul was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon in London. He was born on 17 April 1935 in Leigh, Lancashire, to Alexander MacFaul, a general practitioner, and Constance, a pharmacist. He had two elder siblings. The children initially had a governess for tuition at home, but then in September 1940

Born at Monart, Co. Wexford, the second son of the Rev Philip Walter Doyne. He was educated at Marlborough and matriculated from Keble College, Oxford, Oct 18th, 1875, but was prevented by illness from remaining at the University, on leaving which he entered the Bristol Medical School and then St Ge

Charles James Frederick Maguire was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. He was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, on 10 May 1931 to Charles Maguire, a nonconformist minister, and Gertrude née Armitage. He was at school in Belfast, attending the Methodist College, and c

Cecil William Thornhill was a senior consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Bradford Royal Infirmary. He qualified in 1945 with the LRCPI and LRCSI, the licentiates of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, together with the licentiates in midwifery from b

Educated at University College Hospital, London. He practised at Worcester, where he was Surgeon to the Ophthalmic Institute, to the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company, and to the Police. At the time of his death he was Consulting Surgeon to the Ophthalmic Institute at Worcester. He

Born at Stockton-on-Tees, the son of John Tweedy, a solicitor. He was educated at Elmfield College, York, and at University College, London, from which he went to University College Hospital for his medical course. He qualified in 1872, and in 1873 became a Clinical Assistant at the Royal London Oph

Walter Bain was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor. He was born in Ayr and educated at Loretto, Jesus College, Cambridge and Guy's Hospital. He qualified in medicine in 1942 and, joining the navy as a surgeon lieutenant, saw action in the Mediterranean and Far East.

Charles Neville Banks was an ophthalmic surgeon in Sydney, Australia. He was born in Finchley, London, on 28 September 1938, one of two sons. His father was Arthur Leslie Banks, a professor at Cambridge University. His mother, Eileen Mary Barrett, was a housewife. He attended St Faith's School, Camb

The son of Lieut-Colonel H J Brockman. He was educated at St George's Hospital, where he was a contemporary of Pickering Pick (qv), John Cavafy, and T T Whipham. He also studied at the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, and was Prosector at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1865. He passed first

The son of James Hartridge, of Yalding, Kent; educated at King's College Hospital, acted as Clinical Assistant at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, then as Assistant Surgeon to the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital. Afterwards he became Surgeon and later Consulting Surgeon to the Westminster Op