Derek Seel was a consultant orthodontist in Cardiff and Swansea and postgraduate dean for south west of England based at Bristol University. He was born on 2 April 1932 in Stockport, the son of William Alfred Seel and Olive Seel née Greenwell. He was educated at Stockport School and graduated from t

John Williams, Consultant Orthodontist to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield and Leeds Dental Hospital, had nearly completed his term as President of the British Orthodontic Society at the time of his sudden death on 3 September 2004. The presidency is the highest honour the Society can bestow on a

Dorothy Joy Butler was an orthodontist in Staffordshire, England. She studied dentistry in Birmingham and gained her LDS in 1952 and her BDS in 1953. She went to St Andrews for postgraduate study and in 1960 passed her diploma in orthodontics. She became a fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of

John Dennis Hugh McDonald was an orthodontist in Melbourne, Victoria. 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

David Stirrups, who died on Friday 12 August following a short illness, was an inspirational clinician, teacher, educationalist and colleague. David qualified from Sheffield Dental School in 1970, winning the prize for orthodontics. He became a Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1

Stephen Gould was a consultant orthodontist at the Eastman Dental Hospital, London. He was born in Southampton, the son of Arthur Gould, a printer and alderman, and Alice Gould née Elliott. The family later moved to Wolverhampton and Stephen attended the local grammar school. After school, in 1941,

John Hooper was the first Consultant Orthodontist in England to be appointed to a District General Hospital following the inception of the National Health Service. His example helped to determine the pattern for the future delivery of orthodontic services in this country. He died at the age of 92 on

Alan Campbell was a consultant orthodontist in the department of children’s dentistry at Guy’s Hospital, London. He was born in Peterborough on 9 August 1921. His father, John Donaldson Campbell, was originally from Glasgow. His mother was Eleanor Campbell née Snow. He entered Guy’s Hospital Dental

Christopher Hogg was an orthodontist in Edgware, London. He was born on 23 August 1958. He gained his fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1992 and a diploma in orthodontics in 1994. In 2000 one of his photographs was highly commended in the n

Brian Holmes died peacefully on 24 March 2015 after stoically enduring Parkinsonism in his later years. Brian was born in Alvaston, Derby, where his father owned a successful butcher’s business. He went to Bemrose School in Derby, before studying dentistry at Guy’s Hospital, London, qualifying

Gordon Dickson was born in Yorkshire on 15 April 1920. He qualified in dentistry in Sheffield and served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. Developing an interest in orthodontics, he was the second consultant orthodontist to be appointed after the formation of the Nati

David Bowden (‘D B’ to many) was a consultant orthodontist in the Mersey region. He was born on 27 January 1939 and grew up in Warrington, the son of Mary Bowden née Carter and William Ernest Bowden, his father being a general practitioner. His school years were spent at Malvern and as a boy he repu