Denys Wainwright was an orthopaedic surgeon in north Staffordshire. He was born on 5 August 1908 in St Helens, Lancashire, the son of Reginald Wainwright, an architect, and Marion Wainwright née Draper, a general practitioner. He was educated at Prescott Grammar School and then went to Liverpool Uni

Alexander Dawson was an orthopaedic surgeon who devoted much of his professional life to being one of the pioneers and exponents of modern hip replacement surgery. He was consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Welwyn Garden City. He died on 2 February 2007 aged 91, sur

Roger Stephen Davies was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Wigan. He was born on 4 February 1942 in north Wales, the eldest son of T Davies, a general practitioner. His early years were spent in Mold. He and his two brothers were left fatherless when his father died prematurely from heart disease.

David Richmond was an orthopaedic surgeon in Burnley. He was born on 1 September 1912 in Stockport, where his father, George, was Manchester’s last private Royal Mail contractor. His mother was Edith Lilian née Hitchin. He was educated at Stockport Grammar School and went up to University of Manches

Jamil Soomro was an orthopaedic surgeon at Orpington. He was born in Shikarpur, Sind, Pakistan, on 28 March 1948. His father, Haji Moula Bux Soomro, was a farmer. His mother was Fazlaan Soomro, a housewife. Jamil was educated at the Government High School, Shikarpur, where he gained a distinction in

Oliver Vaughan-Jackson was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the London Hospital and a specialist in hand surgery. He was born in Berkhamstead on 6 July 1907, the eldest son of Surgeon-Captain P Vaughan-Jackson RN. He was educated at Berkhamstead and Balliol College, Oxford, where he played for t

Born on 28 March 1879 son of Thomas Fairbank MD, MRCS a practitioner at Windsor, he was educated at Epsom College from which he gained an open scholarship to Charing Cross Hospital. He qualified in 1898 as a doctor and in 1899 as a dentist but, after a house surgeon's appointment at Charing Cross, h

Born on 14 August 1890, she was educated privately. She drove an ambulance during the early years of the 1914-18 war, and entered the London School of Medicine for Women in 1916, moving to St Mary's Hospital for her clinical studies, and qualified with the Conjoint diploma in 1921. After holding hou

Born in Hertfordshire on 25 May 1891 and educated at Repton and University College Hospital, where he qualified MRCS, LRCP in 1915, he served in the RAMC during the war of 1914-18, attained the rank of Major, and then joined his father-in-law's Brighton practice for a short time. Mechanical thing

Born in 1905 he was educated in Melbourne and matriculated in 1921 with four first-class honours. He graduated in Melbourne with honours in all subjects. At the time of his death he was chief orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne and orthopaedic surgeon to the Royal Melb

Born on 8 March 1906 in Bristol, where he spent practically the whole of his life, he was educated, and received his medical training. After qualifying in 1929 with the degrees of London University he left Bristol for a period of postgraduate training in Liverpool and Oxford, but, having been admitt

Educated at Calcutta Medical College and St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, he held posts in hospitals at Wisbech, Stourbridge, Whitehaven, and Bishop Auckland. He was orthopaedic registrar at the Albert Dock Hospital, London, and finally in practice at Darlington, Co Durham. He died on 29 March 196