Malcolm Stening was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Sydney, Australia. He was born in Sydney on 17 August 1912, the third son of George Smith Stening, a dairy expert, and Muriel Grafton Stening née Lees, the daughter of a printer who was also mayor of Sydney. Stening was educated at Sydney Boys

George Jonas was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Hillingdon Hospital. He was born in Berlin in 1924, and qualified from the Middlesex Hospital in 1947. After National Service and training posts in London and Liverpool, he was appointed to Hillingdon in 1964. He played an importa

After his early education at Trowbridge High School, 'Nick' as he was known to his many friends, joined the Artists' Rifles, and was later commissioned in the Royal Artillery in the first world war. After the war he went to Bristol University where he qualified in 1923, taking the MB BS and FRCS in

Marjorie Olive Bennett was a general practitioner and gynaecologist. She was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, on 23 July 1915. Her father, Reginald Stanley Dunster, was a headmaster, and her mother, Olivia Sextone, a headmistress. From Newport High School she won a state scholarship to Bristol Univer

Sittampalam Shanmugaratnam, or 'S S Ratnam' as he was known, was born in Ceylon on 4 July 1928. His father, Murugesu Sittampalam, was a civil servant in the government of Malaya. His mother was Ratneswari Chellappah. He was educated at the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, before going to the Univ

Victor Tindall was professor of obstetrics and gynaecology in Manchester. He was awarded a scholarship to Wallasey Grammar School, where, as well as his academic achievements, he was a dazzling athlete and rugby player. In track events he won the 100-, 200-, 400- and 800-yard records, together with

David Morris was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in London. David and his younger brother Gareth were the sons of the headmaster of a school in Briton Ferry, a small mining town in south Wales. David won a scholarship to Neath Grammar School but, with a family move during the Second Worl

Leonard Barron was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Newcastle. He was born in Whitechapel, London. His father, Lazar ('Louis') Barronovitch, was a tailor specialising in women's clothes and worked in the East End. He adopted the name of 'Barron', later formalising this by Deed Poll. Le

Lloyd Woodrow Cox was professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at Adelaide University. Born on 4 July 1919 in Auckland, New Zealand, he was christened Lloyd after Lloyd George and Woodrow after Woodrow Wilson. His father, Edwin Thoms Cox, was a Methodist minister who eventually settled in a parish in

Born 13 December 1866, second son of Thomas Albert Littler, law stationer, of Manchester, and Mary Meredith his wife. He was educated at the Manchester Grammar School and entered Owens College after private tuition with the Rev R M Leigh, of Norbreek near Blackpool. He was afterwards elected an Asso

Born at Coln St Denys, Gloucestershire, on 15 September 1869, the fifth child and third son of the Rev Edward Duncan Hall and his wife, *née* Beauchamp. He was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford and at St Mary's Hospital, where he won prizes in anatomy, surgery, dermatology, and midwifery.

David Gavin Millar graduated MB BS with honours at Durham University in 1952 and took the FRCS in 1959 and the MRCOG in 1962. Later he served on the Council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He was senior lecturer in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology of the Univers