Denis Nash was a surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He was born on 10 February 1913 and educated at Dulwich College. He went on to study medicine at Bart's, where he won several scholarships and prizes, and qualified in 1935. After junior posts he became chief assistant in surgery at Bart

Little is known about Kathleen Frith, who qualified at the Royal Free Hospital in 1946. She subsequently trained in surgery, taking her FRCS diploma in 1952 and becoming a surgical registrar at Leicester Royal Infirmary. Later she was appointed senior surgical registrar at the Hospital for Sick Chil

Arnold Katz was born on 10 September 1920 in the town of Benoni in the East Rand, the eldest son of Abe and Anne Katz. His parents were expatriate Lithuanian Jews, and his father was a businessman in the import and export trade, who later moved to Cape Town. Both his parents died at an early age and

Nicholas Eric Dudley was a general and paediatric surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Born on 28 December 1938, he studied medicine at London University and trained at Bart’s Hospital, qualifying MB MS in 1963. Passing the conjoint examination in that same year he did house jobs at the

Stanley Miller was born in Aberdeen on Christmas Eve 1938, the son of Robert Scott Miller, a pharmacist, and Mary, née Reid. He was educated at Robert Grodon's College, Aberdeen, and went on to study medicine at Aberdeen University, where he won honours in anatomy. After early appointments he became

Russell Howard, whose work was to place Australia in the forefront of paediatric surgery, was born on 9 March 1905 in Launceston, Tasmania, the son of George Howard, a settler from Dublin, and his New Zealand-born wife Elizabeth, née Mitchell. He was educated at Launceston Grammar School where he ex

Arthur McPherson was a former consultant surgeon at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. He was born on 29 June 1913 in Kerwara, India, where his father, James McPherson, was in the Indian Medical Service. His mother was Isabella Adamson Lamb. Educated at Edinburgh Academy and Caius College, Cambridge, he w

Michael was born in Waimate, to Ronald, surgeon, general practitioner and Superintendent of the Waimate Hospital, and Mary Armstrong, a talented amateur artist. Both parents played the violin and from an early age Michael learned the piano and singing. He had a younger sister, Janet who would go on

Philip Sandblom was Professor of Surgery at Lund University, Sweden. He was born in 1903 in Chicago, of Swedish parents. He attended medical school in the city and did research under A C Ivy at Northwestern University, demonstrating that cholecystokinin was a hormone. He then trained as a surgeon in

Neville Connolly was a paediatric surgeon in Washington DC. His father, William Frederick Connolly, left Dublin at the age of 16 to make his way in London. He did two jobs to support himself while obtaining a law degree, then joined the Civil Service, working for the Inland Revenue. After the First

Rajinder Bhutiani was a consultant general and paediatric surgeon to the London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. 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

Ashok Balkrishna Mathure was a surgeon based in Mumbai, India. He was born on 22 April 1941 and studied medicine in Mumbai. He gained the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1974. He was married to Nandini. They had a daughter, Mekhala, and a grandson, Yash. He died on 23 Fe