Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows

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

Benjamin William Fickling was a distinguished oral surgeon and a past president of the British Association of Oral Surgeons. The son of Robert Marshall Fickling, a dentist, he was born in London on 14 July 1909, in a house in Sloane Street where there had been a dental practice since 1840. His mothe

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

John Ernest Bowerman was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at the Westminster and Roehampton hospitals. He was born on 13 March 1931, the son of Ernest J Bowerman, a pharmacist, and Irene M Bowerman née Partridge, a housewife, and was brought up in Torquay, Devon. He studied dentistry in B

Iain McVicar was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham. 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

Dennis Leveson Wedgwood was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. He was born in Blurton, Staffordshire, on 14 September 1936, the son of Stanley Leveson Wedgwood, a pharmacist, and Hilda Wedgwood née Millington. His grandfather was a dental surgeon in Tunstal

Andrew Baker was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Leicester Royal Infirmary. He was born in Enfield, London, on 21 February 1961, the son of John Baker, a launderette owner, and Patricia Baker née Mighall, a housewife. He was the youngest of three siblings; he had a brother, John, and

Alan Mansour was an oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Dandenong, Victoria, Australia. 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

Peter Roland White was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at North Manchester General Hospital. 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

Thomas John Storrs was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Kent and Canterbury Hospital. 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

Bob Woodwards was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at the Royal Blackburn Hospital. 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

Rüdiger Becker was chair of oral and maxillofacial surgery and director of the centre for dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine at Westphalian Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany. He was born in 1927. At Münster he was also vice dean and then dean of the medical faculty. He was primarily f