Frank Stansfield became something of a legendary figure in the teaching of anatomy to aspiring surgeons. He was known with gratitude, by thousands who faced the Primary FRCS hurdle, for his personality and style of teaching in the College and 'out of hours' in a fetid basement lecture room held out

Born on 5 June at Hemel Hempstead the second of the three sons of the Rev Travers Clark, he was a grandson of Frederick Le Gros Clark, President of the College in 1874, member of Council from 1864 to 1879 and surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital. For his education Le Gros Clark went to Blundell's School,

Professor Peter Williams was an outstanding anatomist who was known and respected world-wide for the editing and revision of *Gray's Anatomy*. He was born on 11 November 1926 at Caerleon in Gwent, the elder son of Jack Williams, a Welsh education and child-welfare officer. His father, who held st

One of the leading anatomists of her day, Ruth Bowden was born in India on 21 February 1915. Her father was a missionary, and her aunt, Edith Brown, had founded the Christian Medical College in Ludhiana, Punjab. As was usual, Ruth was sent back to England at the age of eight to be educated and to av

Mary Frances Lucas was born on 15 August 1885, in Gravesend, the daughter of George John Lucas, who was a dental surgeon. She attended Rochester Grammar School for Girls and Eversley School, Folkestone. She entered the London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine for Women in the 1904/5 sessio

'Tom' Morris was born in 1899 at Adelaide, where he started to read medicine, but interrupted his studies to enlist during the first world war, narrowly surviving the Spanish 'flu epidemic in 1918 aboard a troopship. After the war he came to England to follow in his father's footsteps at St Thomas's

Solly Zuckerman was born on 30 May 1904 in Cape Town, South Africa, the son of Moses Zuckerman, a gold prospector and businessman and his wife Ruth, née Glaser. He was educated at the South African College School and the University of Cape Town, where he was Libermann Scholar. He then came to London

Born at Sheffield, 15 January 1885, the eldest son and first child of the Rev James Todd, Wesleyan minister, and Katherine Wingate, his wife. He was educated privately and afterwards went to school at Nottingham. He then entered the Victoria University, Manchester, where he won the University schola

Gilbert Causey was born on 8 October 1907 in Wigan, Lancashire, the son of George Causey and Ada, née Hargreaves, who were shopkeepers. He was educated at Wigan Grammar School and Liverpool University. In 1930 he qualified MB ChB with first class honours, having been awarded numerous prizes and meda

Sita Achaya qualified MB BS Madras in 1940 and later moved on to take the DGO and MS after winning 19 gold medals in the course of her studies. An Indian government scholarship enabled her to come to England and take her Fellowship in 1947. A house surgeon's position at Hammersmith was followed by a

John Harris was a well-known anatomist who became professor at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine: he was appointed to the chair on the retirement of Ruth Bowden. It is possible that he had contemplated a career in obstetrics and gynaecology in his early years and was very much a clinical an

Ronald Green was born on 1 August 1895, the son of Frank Green and Christiana Swanson. He was educated first at University College and then at University College Hospital, qualifying in 1918. He at once showed an interest in anatomy and became first demonstrator in anatomy at University College and