Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows

Keith Ewen was born in Lower Hutt, the son of David Ewen and Marian Nathan. His father was managing-director of Sargood Son & Ewen, a prominent family business, Mayor of Lower Hutt and subsequently knighted for his many community and business contributions. There were two older siblings – brother, I

Keith Batten served as the chief surgeon and hospital warden of the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital for a decade between 1969 to 1979, and later as their hospitaller between 1989 and 1992. He oversaw many of the significant occasions in the history of the hospital and left a tremendous impact on t

Anthony Mitra was a specialist in ENT surgery who spent much of his career as a consultant at Oldchurch Hospital, Romford. He was born in Worcester on 15 May 1933, the younger of two children of Janandra Mitra, an engineer, and his wife Winifred Mitra née Corbett. He was educated at Colston’s School

Adelola Adeloye was a world-renowned neurosurgeon, neurologist and medical historian whose career spanned over six decades and three continents. A professor of neurosurgery at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, he was a pivotal figure in establishing modern neurological sciences in Africa. He was

Dr John Roarty is regarded as one of the pre-eminent orthopaedic surgeons, and a pioneer of hip replacement surgery, in Australia. He devoted his life to his profession, and with a gentle tenacity, in his characteristically unassuming way, rose to the top of his field. Born on April 18, 1924, to

Donald Cragg McNeill was a consultant plastic surgeon in Salisbury. He was born in 1935 and was educated at the Southern Grammar School, Portsmouth. He won a scholarship to study medicine and trained at St Mary's, qualifying in 1958. Most of his surgical training took place in the Wessex region, whe

Trevor Pickering was a consultant surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, a member of Australia’s first successful transplant team and president of the Australian Medical Association (AMA). He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the only child of Hilda Hale Bleckly and

Reg Dinsdale was born in Leeds on 17 October 1926, son of dentist Reginald BT Dinsdale and of Beatrice May. He decided to follow in his father’s footsteps, gaining his BChD at Leeds University in 1949, where he met Fay, his future wife. After qualification with a distinction in operative dental surg

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

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,

Ann Maureen Skelly, known as Meg, a consultant at Guy’s Hospital, London, was a dental academic whose career was distinguished by her leadership in the development of dental sedation techniques and teaching in the United Kingdom. Born on 18 February 1947, Skelly’s early professional training was

Alan Cowan was a consultant surgeon and general practitioner in Canberra, Australia. He was born in London on 13 June 1929, the son of Samuel Cowan and Helen Cowan née Normington, both schoolteachers. He attended Wandsworth Grammar School for Boys and completed his schooling in Surrey, where he and