Giles Romanes was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Royal Eye Infirmary, Weymouth. He was born in Dublin on 8 December 1918. His father, Francis John Romanes, was of independent means; his mother was Doris Helena MacNaughton Romanes née Wright. He was educated at Eton and then Pembroke College,

Michael Dawson was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA. He was born on 17 March 1945 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, the second child and only son of Wilfred Ernest Dawson, a physicist, and Phyllis May Dawson née Osborne, the daughter of a railway fireman. He attende

Malcolm Keene was a consultant ENT surgeon at St Bartholomew’s and Newham hospitals, London. He was born on 3 May 1947 at Westminster Hospital, London, the only child of Hyman Keene and Elsie Keene née Levene. He attended Christ’s College, Finchley and then studied medicine at the London Hospital Me

James Randunna Corea was an orthopaedic surgeon. Born on 30 August 1941 in Ceylon, he was the eldest son of Don Henry Richard Atygalle Corea, a superintendant of police, and his wife Claire Maude née De Alwis. His father in law had been a Gate Mudaliyar, a distinguished colonial post, and his great

Ian Charles O’Rourke was an associate professor of surgery at the Northern Territory clinical school of Flinders University at Royal Darwin Hospital. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 20 December 1943. His mother was Patricia Robyn O’Rourke née Johns, the daughter of a publican; h

John Holford Cook began his career as an ophthalmologist, but later re-trained as an anaesthetist. Born on 16 May 1943, in the middle of the Second World War, he did not meet his father until he was three years old. He studied medicine at the Royal Free Hospital, London, and, following qualificati

Denis Dooley was Her Majesty's Inspector of Anatomy from 1965 to 1980. He was born on 10 December 1913. He was educated at St Ignatius' College, Stamford Hill, London, and then went on to study mathematics and Latin, gaining a BA degree from London University in 1936. He then returned to his old sch

Ian Reynolds, formerly a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Hereford, was born into a medical dynasty. His grandfather, Russell Reynolds, himself a third generation doctor, was a pioneer radiologist in the early years of the 20th century and some of his equipment is on display in the Science Museum i

John Leonard Connell, who died in Melbourne on 8 August 2008, had an outstanding career in the fields of General and Vascular Surgery for forty years prior to his retirement in 1992. John graduated in medicine with high distinction, in 1947, from St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School of The Unive

Ahmed Amir Mohamed Fouad Azmy was a consultant paediatric urological surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow. He was born in Kafr el-Sheikh in Egypt on 1 November 1939, the son of Mohamed Fouad, an engineer, and Sania Mahmoud née Hassan, a teacher. He was educated in the port city o

Stephen Copeland was a leading shoulder surgeon, known worldwide for his unique and innovative approach, as one of the pioneers of shoulder arthroscopy and the 'father' of shoulder resurfacing and stemless arthroplasty. He was born on 7 May 1946 in Shropshire and grew up in Cheshire. He was educa

Peter Canty was a consultant otolaryngologist at Manchester Royal Infirmary. He was born in Cork, Eire, on 27 July 1942. His father, Patrick, was a banker with the Allied Irish Bank and his mother May studied commerce. When Peter was 11 years old, the family moved to Schull in West Cork, and this wa