William Mervyn Owen was a consultant ENT surgeon who worked in Liverpool. He was brought up in Caernarfon, Wales, and studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, qualifying with the conjoint diploma in 1937 and the MB BS in 1938. During the Second World War he served in the RAMC and in

The fifth son of Andrew Pritchard, FRS, Edinburgh; studied at King's College Hospital, London, where he was House Surgeon, then at Edinburgh, winning the Ettles Scholarship and Gold Medal, his Thesis being "On the Structure of the Lamina Spiralis Membranacea". He returned to King's College Hospital,

Miles Foxen was a highly respected ear, nose and throat surgeon at the Westminster Hospital, London, known to every student, general practitioner and young aspirant to the speciality through his *Lecture notes on diseases of the ear, nose and throat* (Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications), firs

Norman Jory was born at Lawrence, New Zealand, on 27 July 1896; he studied in Auckland and took a BSc degree in 1916. He then joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and served in France as a Lieutenant in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. On demobilization he entered St Bartholomew's Hospital Me

Philip John Jory, the eldest son of the Reverend John Dunstan Jory, was born at Port Chalmers, New Zealand, on 1 March 1892. He was educated at Nelson College and was Senior University Scholar in 1910, proceeding to Otago University. Throughout the first world war he served in the New Zealand Army M

Ian Hopper was an ENT consultant in Sunderland. He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 19 May 1938, the son of John Frederick Hopper, an insurance manager, and Dora née Lambert. He was educated at Dame Allans School, Newcastle upon Tyne, and High Storrs Grammar School, Sheffield, where he played rugb

William Denny was an ENT surgeon in St Helier, Jersey. He was born on 18 January 1921 at Arrathorne, Tadworth, Surrey, the son of James Risk Denny, who became a ship builder’s agent (Denny Brothers, Shipbuilders, Dunbarton) after leaving the Army. His mother was Nellie Scott née Roy. He was educated

Abdul Razaak Jasim Al-Sheikhli was an ENT consultant at the Mayday Hospital, Croydon. He was born on 20 November 1936 in Baghdad, the son of Jasim Al-Sheikhli, an Imam, and his wife, Sabria. He was educated at the Al-Risafa Intermediate School and Adhamiya Secondary School, in Baghdad, before going

James Anthony Cook ('Jim') was a consultant ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon in Leicester from 1994 until his early death at the end of 2004. He pioneered the development of the 'balance centre' at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, the first in the United Kingdom for the investigation and management

Christopher Savage was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Chelmsford and Essex Hospital, and the Southend General Hospital, where he developed a special interest in microsurgery of the ear. Born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 21 November 1915, he was part of the third generation of a family of surgeons.

Howard Michael Parsons was an ENT surgeon in Lewisham and then Croydon. He was born in Paddington, London, on 14 April 1918, during a Zeppelin raid, the third child of John Parsons, a master builder, and his wife Maude Parsons née Percival. He was educated at St Andrews Prep School, Eastbourne and t

The second son of David Tod, JP, of Eastwood Park and Hartfield, Renfrewshire, was born at Partick, Glasgow, on September 15th, 1870. He was educated at Clifton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was admitted a Pensioner on May 27th, 1889, and graduated with 1st Class Honours in the