Barrie Evans was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Southampton General Hospital. Born to Australian parents in India on 10 December 1946, he came from a family with a long tradition of horse racing, hence a diverse education that took him to England, India, Hong Kong and Australia for h

Henry Myers Alty died on 27 February 2019 aged 89, after a short illness, and his well-attended funeral took place in his local church on 22 March 2019. ‘Harry’ or to be precise ‘HMA’, as he was known to his many colleagues, was modest and above all unflappable, which are the traits that spring t

Gordon Robert Seward was a professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the London Hospital Medical College’s dental school and a pioneer in the development of maxillofacial surgery. He was born on 18 December 1925 in London, in the borough of Hackney, the only child of Percy Robert Seward (a mast

Colin Wishart, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon, died peacefully in Poole General Hospital on 5 July 2001, aged 81. Colin was born in Edinburgh on 26 January 1920, one of twin boys. He attended George Watson’s Boys College and later entered the Dental School where he was an enthusiasti

Surgeon Commander Donald Keith Riden RN was born in Liverpool on 5 May 1959, the son of Alfred Donald and Mavis Irene Riden. He attended West Derby Comprehensive School in Liverpool from 1970 to 1977, and then went on to study dentistry at King’s College Dental School, winning the Wellcome award in

John Lowry was a distinguished consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon. He was born on 6 June 1942 in Timperley, Cheshire, the son of Leslie and Betty Lowry. From Altrincham Grammar School, Cheshire, he went to the University of Manchester Turner Dental School and qualified BDS in 1963. He was a h