Geoffrey Newton was an orthopaedic surgeon in Derby and one of the pioneers of knee replacement surgery. He was born on 17 July 1930 in Salford, Greater Manchester, one of three children of a sheet metal worker and his wife. From Stockport School, he won a state scholarship to read medicine at Manch

Clara Zilahi was a surgeon in Wisbech, Great Yarmouth and Lincolnshire, a campaigner against reform in the Catholic Church and a director of the pressure group Railfuture. She was born in Vienna, Austria, on 22 May 1927, the only child of Ladislaus Zilahi and Agnes Paula Zilahi née Beke, devout Cath

Geoffrey Smith was professor of cardiac surgery at the University of Sheffield. He was born in Derby on 11 November 1937. His father, Stanley James Smith, was a greengrocer. His mother was Barbara née Perston and his maternal grandfather was a mechanic at Rolls-Royce in Derby. He was educated at Der

Myer Makin was professor of orthopaedics at Hadassah University, Jerusalem. He was born in Birkenhead in March 1919, the son of Leon Makin and Rebecca nee Goldman, furniture dealers. He studied medicine at Liverpool University and was house surgeon at Walter Municipal Hospital, Liverpool, before joi

Meyer John Lange, known as ‘Nick’, was a consultant surgeon at New End and Royal Free hospitals, London. He was born on 5 August 1912 in Worcester, South Africa, the second son of Sally Lange, a government contractor, and Sarah née Schur. His older brother also became a doctor. Nick studied at Worce

John Noel Gleave Evans was a consultant otolaryngologist at St Thomas’ Hospital and at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London. He was born on 9 December 1934 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, where his parents were in the Colonial Service. He was educated at Guildford Grammar Preparatory School in

Ray Davies was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Gloucester. He was born in Romford, Essex on 9 September 1933 to Arthur Davies, a London dock official, and his wife, Elsie, a chiropodist. An only child, he grew up in Hornchurch. His secondary education was at Brentwood School, where he was an aca

John Terence Buffin, always known as 'Terry', was an ENT surgeon in Chesterfield and Sheffield, and subsequently a distinguished consultant in medical audiology in Sheffield. He was one of the pioneers of that specialty, recognised for his published contributions to the accurate diagnosis of noise-i

John Duff was an ENT surgeon in Cape Town, South Africa. He was born in Golders Green in London. He recorded on his *Lives of the Fellows* biographical form that: ‘Amazingly the exact date of my birth is confused. My father who registered it quotes 20.3.35. My mother claims it to be 21.3.35. Of no s

Noel Vivian Morgan was born in Griffiths Town, Monmouthshire, on 4 December 1924, the son of Albert Morgan, an accountant with the Great Western Railway. His early education was at West Monmouth Grammar School and he subsequently entered St Catherine's College, Oxford, for his pre-clinical work. His

John Fixsen was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London; by the time of his retirement he was unsurpassed as a children's orthopaedic surgeon in the UK and in great demand as a teacher, lecturer and surgeon worldwide. John was brought up in Altrincham and excelled at

Colin Clement Ware was a consultant general and vascular surgeon to the Southend-on-Sea Hospital Group, Essex, from 1971 to 1992. He was born in Barking, East London, on 16 July 1932. His father, Albert Ware, was an electrical engineer, and his mother, Annie Jelley, had been employed in the Post Off