Malcolm Stening was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Sydney, Australia. He was born in Sydney on 17 August 1912, the third son of George Smith Stening, a dairy expert, and Muriel Grafton Stening née Lees, the daughter of a printer who was also mayor of Sydney. Stening was educated at Sydney Boys

Robert Arnold Fischl was chief of the plastic surgery section of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Connecticut. He was born in Dresden, Germany on 18 June 1928. His father, Emil Fischl, was a paper manufacturer; his mother, Bettina Hahn, was the daughter of a banker. They left Germany in 1939 and settled i

Victor Fazio, or 'Vic' as everyone called him, defined colorectal surgery for a generation. For many he was 'the' colorectal surgeon, a dominating figure in the specialty, which he helped to develop and for which he provided leadership and inspiration. He was the youngest ever department chief when

Mary Mayeur was born in London on 16 July 1910, the daughter of Eugene Francois Mayeur, the actor, and Helen (née MacArthur). She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School (foundation scholar) and at the Royal Free Hospital, winning scholarships and prizes and qualifying in 1933 with a distinction in

Michael Crowson was consultant surgeon to Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield. He was born in Lincoln on 17 December 1953. His father Dennis Crowson was a Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force. His mother was Helen née Ahearn. His education took place at many different schools, as his father was p

In the *Dictionary of National Biography* Daniell is stated to have been born at Liverpool in 1818, but Johnston in his *Roll* gives his birth as on November 19th, 1819, at Salford. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1841, and joined the medical service of the Army as Assistant S

Thomas Earl Starzl was a pioneering transplant surgeon. Known as the *Father of transplantation* he carried out the first successful human liver transplant in 1967. Born on 11 March 1926 in LeMars, Iowa, he was the second son of Roman (Rome) Frederick Starzl and his wife Anna Laura née Fitzgerald. H

Was at one time Senior Surgeon of the Metropolitan Free Hospital, Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Surgery at the Hunterian School of Medicine, and President of the Harveian Society, 1843-1844. In the eventful year of railway speculation Lucas became a victim to the prevailing mania, and t

Howard Payne House was a pioneering ear specialist. During his long career he treated thousands of patients, including Howard Hughes, Bob Hope and the former President, Ronald Reagan. A graduate of the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine, House perfected the wire loop techni

Cristian Dragomir was a leading Romanian academic surgeon who helped transform surgical services in his country after the fall of the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu. Born on 28 April 1940 in the Romanian city of Bârlad in the province of Moldavia, Dragomir grew up in a war torn country which, following

Studied at the University of Toronto, where he also distinguished himself at football. In 1894 he played for the University of Toronto, which won the Championship of Canada over Montreal. He served on the House Staff of the Toronto General Hospital, and after postgraduate work in anatomy, physiology

Ronald Lawrie Huckstep was the inaugural professor of trauma and orthopaedic surgery at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and before that at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. He was born in Chefoo, China, on 22 July 1926. His father, Herbert George Huckstep, was appointed dir