Stewart Cameron was a much respected otolaryngologist at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with a special interest in skull-based surgery. He was born in Newcastle on 3 July 1940 and was head boy at Dame Allan's School. A keen rugby player at school, he went on to play scrum half for the No

John Ballantyne, a genial, kindly, hard-working man who gave much to British and world otolaryngology, was a consultant otolaryngologist at the Royal Free Hospital, London. He was born during a Zeppelin raid on Nottingham on 26 September 1917. He was a triplet – preceded by his sister, Jeannie, and

Catherine Milton was a consultant otolaryngologist at Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells. She was born in Bristol on 6 April 1951, the middle of three children. Her brothers were Kevin and Richard. Her parents, Maureen and Robert, were both primary school teachers. The family moved in Catheri

Andrew Morrison was born on 3 December 1925 in Huelva, southern Spain, where his father, William Andrew Morrison, was a mining engineer. His mother was Violet Mary née Common, the daughter of a dentist. The family returned to Scotland and Andrew attended Stirling High School, where he excelled both

A renowned ear surgeon, Stuart Mawson was a consultant otolaryngologist at King’s College Hospital, London. He was born on 4 March 1918 in London. His father, Alec Robert Mawson, was chief officer of the parks’ department of the London County Council. His mother, Ena Grossmith, was an actress and th

Born at Peterhead, Scotland on 23 March 1878, eldest child of the Rev John Robinson Cleminson of Hull, and Alice Millican, his wife. He was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, at University College Hospital, London, and at the University of Pennsylvania, Phi

Born 16 June 1855 at Tillington, Stafford, second son and fourth of the seven children of Edward Marsh (b 1806), yeoman farmer, and Elizabeth Hall, his second wife. He was educated at King Edward's School, Stafford, and King's College Hospital, London. After qualifying in 1877 he served with the Tur

Born 26 November 1888, the elder son of Frank Marsh, FRCS, and Constance Hooper, his wife, who outlived her son. He was educated at Shrewsbury and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with second-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1910. He then entered St Bartholomew's,

Born in 1928 he was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge where he took second-class honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos part I, 1948 and at King's College Hospital, qualifying in 1951. He was ear nose and throat house surgeon at King's, registrar at the Royal National Ear Nose and Throat Hospi

Born on 3 May 1878, son of Alexander Guthrie of Mossley Hill, Liverpool, he gained an exhibition at Sedburgh and, from there, an exhibition at King's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a first class in the Natural Science Tripos in 1899. For his clinical studies he entered the medical school of S

Born 5 October 1883, the son of Major John Colledge of Lauriston House, Cheltenham, he was educated at Cheltenham College, at Caius College, Cambridge, and at St George's Hospital Medical School. After a period as demonstrator of anatomy at King's College in the Strand, he was appointed assistant au

Born on 27 February 1911 at Karlsruhe, Herbert Sigmund Kander came from a family with a strong medical tradition. He studied medicine at the Universities of Vienna and Munich, but was obliged by the Nazi tyranny to leave Germany before graduating, and came to England in 1933 at the age of 22. He stu