Pradip Majumdar gained his FRCS in 1960. He lived in Calcutta, India. His death was notified to the Royal College of Surgeons in October 2006.

Eric Philip Simkin was a consultant surgeon at Royal Liverpool University Hospital. He attended Jesus College, Cambridge, where he studied medicine, qualifying in 1952. He was an accident officer at Middlesex Hospital, London, and then a surgical registrar at Liverpool Royal Infirmary. Prior to his

Sir Andrew Watt Kay was regius professor of surgery at Glasgow and an archetypal Scottish academic surgeon. Known by surgical trainees worldwide through his book *A textbook of surgical physiology* (Edinburgh/London, E & S Livingstone, 1959), written with R Ainslie Jamieson, Kay stood alongside many

Brian Haggart was a consultant general surgeon at Walton and Fazakerley hospitals in Liverpool. He was born in Walton, Liverpool, on 6 May 1928, the eldest of three children. He had two younger, twin sisters, Shirley and Pauline. They were from a modest background; their father worked for Reece's Da

Sir Anthony Grabham was a consultant surgeon at Kettering General Hospital and an influential chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA). He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 19 July 1930. His father, John Grabham, was a police inspector; his mother was Lily Grabham. He was educated at St Cu

Graham Gordon Dinning was a consultant surgeon at Nepean Hospital, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. He was born on 6 February 1929 in Belmore, New South Wales, the son of Benjamin Gordon Dinning, an agent with Australian Mercantile, a land and financial company, and Lavinia Margaret Dinning née

Iain Ferguson MacLaren was born on 28 September 1927 in Edinburgh. His father, Patrick MacLaren, was a GP in a one man practice. Initially educated at the Edinburgh Academy, he won a scholarship to Fettes College in 1939. Proceeding to Edinburgh University, he qualified in medicine in 1949 and began

Donald Reid was a consultant general surgeon at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, and at Cuckfield Hospital. He was born in Southgate, Middlesex on 21 November 1930. His father, Marcus Reid, was a solicitor who worked for the Inland Revenue; his mother, Winifred Mary Reid née Stephens, w

Richard Loxton ‘Rex’ Rothwell-Jackson was a consultant general surgeon at Luton and Dunstable. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Darrel Felix Weinmann was educated at St Peter’s College, Colombo where he was a high achiever both academically and on the sports field, becoming school cricket captain. He studied medicine in Sri Lanka, qualifying with first class honours and winning the Hallet prize, and then travelled to the UK.

John Russell was a surgeon who lived in Tenterden, Kent. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Eugene Poh Hwye Chu was a general surgeon in Hong Kong. He studied medicine at Melbourne University graduating in 1956 and doing house jobs at the Prince Henry Hospital. Having passed the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1959, he passed the college fellowship the following