Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows

Brian James Michael Parkins was a dental surgeon who had a practice in Portland Place, London. He was born in London on 1 November 1938. His father was Ronald Parkins; his mother was Adelaide F Parkins née Percival. He attended St Ignatius College, London and went on to study dentistry. He gaine

Donald Insley Pert was a dental surgeon in Auckland, New Zealand. He was born on 7 September 1928, the son of Alexander William Pert and Ada Lilian Pert née Insley. He studied dentistry, gained his BDS, and became a fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Michael Sockett was a dental surgeon in Stokesley, Middlesbrough. He was born on 13 May 1936 in Middlesbrough, the son of Cecil Sockett, an assistant works manager, and Leila Sockett née Burgess. He studied dentistry at the University of Durham and qualified in 1959. He became a fellow of the Facult

Alan Russell Lynch was a dental surgeon who lived in Rye, East Sussex. He was born on 29 December 1936. He gained his fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1962. He died on 27 July 2018 at the age of 81. His last known address was in Rye.

James Kirby was a consultant dental surgeon at Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham. He was born on 30 November 1913 in Walsall, Staffordshire. His father, Alexander Claude Kirby, a printer’s apprentice and compositor, who served in the First World War as a second lieutenant with the 1/5th Battalion She

Bernard Greenfield died within a few weeks of his 89th birthday after suffering from Alzheimer's disease since June 2001. He was born in Hackney and educated at the Central Foundation School, Cowper Street, EC2. He matriculated in 1931 and spent a year in the sixth form before leaving to work in

Gerald Hubert (‘Gerry’) Leatherman was described by Dame Margaret Seward as ‘The father of world dentistry’. Born in London on 18 February 1903, the son of Harry Leatherman and Beatrice Leatherman née Freedman, at the age of seven he went to South Africa. He was educated at King Edward VII School in

It is difficult to do justice in a few hundred words to the life of Dame Margaret Seward whose career spanned a period of huge changes in UK dentistry, many of which were the result of her own influence and intervention. Born Felicity Bridget Openshaw on 4 August 1935, she was adopted at the age

Group Captain David Chapman-Andrews was a consultant dental surgeon in the Royal Air Force. He was born in October 1933 in London into a talented family. His father, Sir Edwin Arthur Chapman-Andrews, was a career diplomat who is especially remembered for helping to put Haile Selassie back on the thr

John Hugh Sinclair was a professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery in Auckland , New Zealand. He was born in New Zealand on 5 June 1933. After studying dentistry in New Zealand, he travelled to the UK, where he became a fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of E

Feroze Ruston Tata was a dental surgeon who lived in Chislehurst, London. 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

Air Vice Marshal John Maurice Jones was director of defence dental services. He was born on 27 January 1931, the son of E Morris Jones and Gladys Jones née Foulkes. He attended Liverpool Institute High School for Boys and then studied dentistry at the University of Liverpool, graduating in 1954.