Kenneth John Hadley was born in Birmingham in 1925 and after early education entered the University of Birmingham to study physics, graduating with first class honours in 1946. He then worked in the medical physics department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital and during this time became interested in a me

Malcolm Haydon-Baillie was born in Sunderland on 27 August 1906, the elder son of Dr Thomas Cleghorn Baillie, DSc, principal of a technical college and Lily Christine Haydon. He was educated at Whitgift Grammar School and St Edmund's College, Ware, before entering King's College, London, and King's

Qualifying from Leeds in 1976, Rosemary Chalton specialised in ENT surgery. She held registrar and senior registrar posts at Charing Cross and the Metropolitan and Lewisham Hospitals, before returning to Leeds General Infirmary. When her marriage ended, she went to live in Dublin, where she practise

Albert Saimah Shalom was a consultant ENT surgeon for the North West Surrey Hospital Group. He qualified in 1954 and gained his FRCS in 1961. Prior to his consultant appointment he was a senior registrar at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital in Gray’s Inn Road, London. He retired i

Bindiganavale Srinivas Srinivas Acharaya was a consultant ENT surgeon at Ashford Hospital, Middlesex. Born on 12 April 1910 in Ahmadnagar, India, he was the son of Bindiganavale Garuda Srinivas, an ophthalmologist, and his wife Rajamma. Educated at the London Mission High School in Bangalore, he the

Pierre Damato was a consultant ENT surgeon in Malta. He was born in Paola, Malta, on 27 January 1924. His father was Joseph Damato, an architect, and his mother was Josephina Farrugia. His elder brother, Emanuel, was a medical practitioner in Malta and another brother, Francis, was a consultant opth

Gordon Smyth was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 2 May 1929. His father, John Andrew Smyth, was a consultant physician and clinical biochemist at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, and his mother, Viola May Millar was a civil servant in that city. He went to St Columba's College in Dublin an

Ben Cohen was an ENT surgeon at the North Middlesex Hospital, London. He was born into a family of poor Jewish immigrants who settled in the Glasgow Gorbals area before the First World War. His father, Philip, was a militant socialist who fled from Vitebsk to avoid both political and religious perse

Frank Charles Robson was an ENT surgeon in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was born in London, England on 20 October 1930, the son of Frank Herbert Robson, an insurance broker and member of Lloyd’s, and Helen Ruth Robson née Barr. He attended Monmouth School from 1944 to 1949 and then carried out his

Noel Roydhouse was an ENT surgeon at the Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. He served in the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, achieving the rank of surgeon captain, and, as an enthusiastic sports medicine physician and scuba diver, he became an expert in underwater ear and nose ca

Tony Bull was an ENT surgeon at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London. He was born on 21 December 1934 in Bath, Somerset, the son of Henry Bull, a dentist. He was educated at Monkton Combe School, where he excelled academically and on the sports field, playing tennis for Somerset

Richard James Sellick was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He was born on 21 November 1928 in Blackheath, London, the son of Richard Sellick, a medical practitioner, and Vera Sellick née Harvey, the daughter of a bank manager. He attended Dulwich College and then went on