Alexander Walt was a former president of the American College of Surgeons. He was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1923 and went to school and university there. After qualifying in 1948 he completed his house jobs at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, before winning a Dominion studentship to

Martin Foss was a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Luton and Dunstable Hospital. He was born in Bristol on 12 February 1938, the son of George Lush Foss, a general practitioner, and Eileen Isabelle née Buller. His paternal grandfather, Edwin Vincent Foss, was also a general practitioner.

Nareshkumar Balvantrai Dave was born on 25 August 1937 and passed the FRCS in 1967. At some time he went to Tampa, Florida, USA, from where the College was informed of his death on 5 January 2003 by his employer. It is understood that he specialised in orthopaedics and trauma, but the College has no

Aires Barros D'Sa was a pioneering vascular and trauma surgeon in Belfast. He was born in 1939 in Nairobi, Kenya, into a Goan family. His father, Inaçio Francisco Purifcação Saúde D'Sa, was a civil servant. His mother was Maria Eslina Inês Barros. Aires grew up in Kenya and was educated at Duke of G

William Michael Harper was professor of orthopaedic trauma at the University of Leicester. Born in Jersey, 'Joe' Harper was proud of his roots in the Channel Islands and was equally fond of the years he spent in Bolton, Lancashire, where he went to school. Harper was one of the pioneering band of st

Born at St Albans, Herts, 3 November 1853, the only son of George Hogarth Makins, MRCS, and his wife Sarah Ellis. His father practised medicine at Walton-on-Thames and was Master of the Society of Apothecaries in 1889, but his chief interests lay in chemistry and metallurgy. He was at one time profe

Munindra Nigel Blackburn was a consultant in trauma and orthopaedics at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent, and a consultant in orthopaedic surgery at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. He was born in Bombay, India, on 17 January 1949, the only son of William Henry Blackburn, an art director.

Hanuš Weisl was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon in South Glamorgan, Wales. He escaped his native Prague in the last kindertransport to London in June 1939. His parents, Alfred, a dentist, and Marie née Mandler, a doctor, eventually joined him in England after the Second World War. After

Sean Michael O'Riordan was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Lincoln County Hospital and Grantham and Kesteven General Hospital. He was born in York on 3 August 1944, the eldest of three children of John Joseph O'Riordan, a psychiatrist, and Theresa Margaret O'Riordan née Markham, the daughter of

Terry Botting was an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon. He was born on 3 January 1934 in Birmingham. His father, Royston Eric Jack Botting, was a machine tool setter, and his mother was Jessica Sarah née Tidmarsh. He was educated at Bablake School, Coventry, and Birmingham University. He became cons

Malcolm George Nott was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon in Rochdale. He was born on 8 July 1925 and studied medicine in Madras, India, qualifying MB BS in 1952. Prior to his appointment in Rochdale he held posts at Hartshill Orthopaedic Hospital, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, and

Nick Laurence was an honorary consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Brighton. He was born on 12 August 1918 and qualified in 1940. He was a wing commander and orthopaedic specialist in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and trained as a resident surgical officer at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt O