Thomas Lodge was a consultant radiologist at Sheffield and a former President of the Faculty of Radiologists. He was born in Sheffield on 25 November 1909, the son of James Lodge, a cutlery manufacturer, and Margaret Lowery. He was educated at the Central Secondary School, Sheffield, from which he w

Tom Casey was born on 8 October 1929 in Limerick, the son of Michael Casey, a farmer. He was educated at University College, Dublin, and after specialising in ophthalmology became registrar first at the Westminster Hospital and later at Moorfields. He possessed a happy combination of inspiration, su

James Sinclair Rennick Baxter was first appointed as a consultant in otorhinolaryngology at King's Lynn, Norfolk, in 1969, but spent a very productive period of his clinical years in Canterbury, Kent, from 1971 until 1997. He was born in Canada on 6 September 1935. His father, James Sinclair Baxter

Born in Queensland on 16 September 1936, Karl Michael Silva studied medicine at the University of Queensland, and, after qualifying, went to England for five years specialist training in ophthalmology. He then returned to Sydney as an ophthalmic surgeon. His particular forte was in the surgery of

Abdelrazik El-Zawawi, the seventh of twelve children of Badawy El-Zawawi, a teacher, and of Suad Suedan, was born on 11 September 1931, at Alexandria, Egypt. The family was of Libyan origin but the paternal grandfather had settled and married in Egypt. After education at Egyptian national schools Ab

Alan Johnson was a leading gastro-intestinal surgeon and medical ethicist. He was born on 19 January 1938, at Epsom Downs, Surrey, the son of Douglas Johnson, a doctor. He was educated at Epsom College and Trinity College, Cambridge, with his clinical studies being carried out at University College

Sandy Nield was born in Adelaide on 16 September 1931, the son of Hugh Kingsley Nield, a grain merchant, and Dorothy Hammond, née Cowell. He attended St Peter's College, Adelaide, whence he won a university bursarship to Adelaide University Medical School. There he won the Dr Davies Thomas scholarsh

Born on 7 March 1899 in Adelaide, Frederick Westwood Niesche was educated at St Peter's College, one of his class-mates being Howard Florey, later Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston. Niesche was active in the School Cadet Corps and was on parade in 1912 at the special review of the Corps by Lord K

Anand Kumar was born on 29 December 1935 in Lahore, where his father, Chuni Lal Anand, was principal of the Law College. His mother was Santosh Bhandari. He studied medicine at the University of Punjab, where he won medals for speaking and singing and represented the University at the All India Fest

Victor Chang was born in Sydney in 1936 and received his medical training at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. After qualifying in 1960 he came to London to train in cardiothoracic surgery at the Brompton Hospital, spent a year at the Mayo Clinic, and returned to St Vincent's in 1972, where he won an i

Robert Duthie was Nuffield professor of orthopaedic surgery at Oxford University. He was born in Detroit, USA, on 4 May 1925, the second son of James Andrew Duthie, an engineer with the Ford Motor Company, and Elizabeth Jean née Hunter. He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and King Edward VI G

Clifton James Luke was born in Sydney, Australia, on 25 April 1925, the only son of Clive Herbert Luke, a businessman, and Dorothy May (nee Mullaney) whose father was Mayor of Goulburn, New South Wales, and whose great grandfather had been the Professor of Botany at Dublin University. His educati