Professor Ronald Emslie who died on 31st May, was born on the 9th March 1915 of Scottish parents. Although born south of the border, throughout his life, he remained very proud of his ancestry. He was educated at Felsted School after which he first embarked upon actuarial training which he came to d

Professor J P Walsh, Dean of the University of Otago School of Dentistry from 1946 to 1971 died recently in Auckland, New Zealand. He was 92. It is impossible for one dentist to personally chronicle the achievements of this remarkable man. He studied dentistry and medicine in Australia after st

Air Commodore David Owen Matthews was a dental surgeon in the Royal Air Force. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Brian Coupe Calverley was a dental surgeon from Stratford-upon-Avon. He was born on 2 June 1913. His father, Ernest Calverley, was a schoolteacher who had fought with the Army Service Corps in the First World War; his mother was Edith May Calverley née Coupe. Calverley studied dentistry at the Unive

Keith Last was a dental surgeon at the University of Liverpool.

Jennifer May Hughes was a dental surgeon from Radlett, Hertfordshire. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Roy Howell died peacefully in a residential home on Saturday 7 June 2014, aged 89. Roy was born in July 1924 in Upper Park Place near Marylebone in London. He was the eldest of four siblings, his two sisters both emigrated to America and his brother eventually moved to Toronto. Roy trained

It was very fortunate that at the end of the Second World War a local dentist who played golf with Chris’ father suggested that Chris – who enjoyed making model aircraft and seemed to be quite bright – might make a success of dentistry as a career. As a result, he became a pioneering consultant in o

Ian Drury Montgomerie MacGregor was a dental surgeon in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

James Muir Mumford, known as ‘Jim’, was professor of operative dental surgery at the University of Liverpool. His career was not only very distinguished but very nearly didn’t happen. He was born on 10 March 1923, the son of James Montgomery Mumford and Elizabeth Mumford née Muir. During the Second

Gerald Hubert (‘Gerry’) Leatherman was described by Dame Margaret Seward as ‘The father of world dentistry’. Born in London on 18 February 1903, the son of Harry Leatherman and Beatrice Leatherman née Freedman, at the age of seven he went to South Africa. He was educated at King Edward VII School in

William Henry ‘Bill’ Bowen was a professor in the department of dental research at the University of Rochester, New York This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk