Graham Harris was a consultant surgeon at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary with a particular interest and expertise in surgery of the breast. He was born in Swindon village, Gloucestershire, on 5 June 1928, the son of Walter Albert Harris and Sarah Anne née Pitman. He was educated at Wycliffe College be

The son of a general practitioner in London, Gibson was born on 1st May 1927 in London, and was educated at Charterhouse, St John's College Cambridge and St Mary's Hospital Medical School, being influenced at St Mary's by Arthur Dickson Wright FRCS (q.v. *Lives* 1974-82: 424-5). After qualificati

Trevor Sussman was the son of Abraham Percy Sussman, a furrier, and Sadie, née Shanovitch, a seamstress. He was born in London on 29 October 1927 and was educated at the Davenant Foundation School in Whitechapel. He did his pre-clinical studies at King's College and his clinical years at the Westmin

Alexander David Lyall was born in Aberdeen on 13 November 1928, the son of Dr Alexander Lyall who was a physician and head of the department of clinical chemistry in the University of Aberdeen. Alexander went to the Aberdeen Grammar School and afterwards to the University where he graduated MB ChB i

Leo Lenaghan, the son of a farmer, was born in Creswick, Victoria, Australia, on 4 November 1930. He attended a primary school at Tourello, where the family had continuously farmed property since settling there in the early 1850's, and then St Patrick's College, Ballarat. He entered Melbourne Univer

David Millward Davies was born in Gwaelod-y-Garth and educated at Pontypridd Grammar School before entering the Welsh National School of Medicine where he graduated BSc in 1941 and MB, ChB in 1944. His first appointment was at Morriston Hospital, Swansea, under the wartime Emergency Medical Service.

Henry Ralph Johnson, generally known as Harry, was born on 18 October 1930, the son of a senior officer in the Victoria Public Service, and was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and Trinity College, obtaining the degrees of BSc in 1951 and MB BS of Melbourne University in 1954. He then held a ser

David Jeremiah McAuliffe was born in 1932 and after early education entered the University of Adelaide Medical School, qualifying in 1954. Having completed junior appointments in Australia he came to Britain and worked as lecturer in the department of ophthalmology at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.

Alan Blower served in the medical branch of the RAF as a consultant surgeon for 17 years, but had to retire on health grounds in 1970. He retrained in radiology, and became a successful and popular consultant at Peterborough. He was born in Greenwich on 31 January 1927, the only son of Thomas Paske

Born 17 August, 1933 the only son of Eric North Parry, he was educated at Parramatta High School, New South Wales and the University of Sydney. He graduated MB, BS from the University of Sydney with second class honours in 1956 and was for two years a resident medical officer at the Royal Prince Alf

David James Adams was born in Liverpool on 1 March 1925, the son of William Adams, director of a building firm, and Alice Maud Stringfellow, part of a large extended family of practising Christians in Independent Methodism. An appendicectomy at the age of seven inspired him to become a surgeon, i

Graeme Ballantyne Smaill was born in Gisbome, New Zealand, in 1928 and was educated at Gisbome High School and Otago University where he graduated MB, ChB in 1954. In his student days he was keen on surf lifesaving and on tennis. After graduation he spent three years at Wellington Hospital as house