Arthur Prophet CBE died on l8th October, aged 84. Arthur was Dean of UCH Dental School and subsequently Dean of UCH Medical School. He played a large part in planning the new UCH Dental Hospital and School that opened in 1963. He was educated at Sedbergh School and Manchester University where h

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

John Miller, Emeritus Professor of Child Dental Health at the University Hospital of Wales, died on 9 July 2011. A gifted, kind, generous teacher, he inspired many students and was internationally renowned for his contributions to caries research and the understanding of developmental anomalies of t

Professor J P Walsh, Dean of the University of Otago School of Dentistry from 1946 to 1971 died recently in Auckland, New Zealand. He was 92. It is impossible for one dentist to personally chronicle the achievements of this remarkable man. He studied dentistry and medicine in Australia after st

Gordon Fordyce trained in dentistry at the University of St Andrews in Dundee from 1942 to 1946. After a few months of practice he was called up for national service where he treated army recruits and, after a year, was posted to Austria where he worked at the 31st British General Hospital as No 2 d

It was very fortunate that at the end of the Second World War a local dentist who played golf with Chris’ father suggested that Chris – who enjoyed making model aircraft and seemed to be quite bright – might make a success of dentistry as a career. As a result, he became a pioneering consultant in o

Lilian Lindsay née Murray was the first woman with a British qualification in dentistry, the first female president of the British Dental Association and a noted historian of dentistry. She was born on 24 July 1871 in Holloway, north London to Margaret Amelia Murray née Bennett and James Robertson M

There can be no doubt that Clifford Ballard was the most important figure in British orthodontics during the 20th century and a significant influence in orthodontic thought throughout the world during the post war period. In his upbringing he had the advantage of being the eldest son of Frederick Ba

David Berry was professor and head of the department of dental prosthetics and orthodontics at the University of Bristol. He was born on 9 August 1921 in Bridgwater, Somerset, the son of Francis Grant Berry, a wholesale grocer, and Ethel Berry née Curtis. He had a younger sister, Hilary. After co

Ann Robinson was a dental surgeon in the Community Dental Service. She was born Ann Peters on 4 April 1938, the daughter of Ronald Peters, a general practitioner in Ilford, Essex and Clarice Emmeline Peters née Mead. Strangely, her father had not wanted her to go to university, preferring that she a

Edmund Mai Hiong Tay was a professor of prosthetic dentistry and dean of the dental faculty at the National University of Singapore. He was born in Sapong, a small town about 100 miles from Jesselton, British North Borneo, the son of a Chinese planter, Tay Geok Chun and his wife, Mdm Yap Ngo Neo. Hi

Una Doherty was a dental surgeon and specialist orthodontist in Sheffield. She was born on 2 October 1963 in the Creggan, Derry, the sixth of nine children. Her father Patrick Doherty’s employment, he was a project manager in the construction industry, brought the family to Cheshire in August 1970.