Born at Ashby-de-la-Zouch and came of an old Leicestershire family. He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and at St George's Hospital, where as resident he occupied rooms in the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner. He practised first in Chester, but finding his life uncongenial, retur

Francis Douglas Martinson was professor of otorhinolaryngology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He was born on 15 October 1916 in Kumasi, Ghana. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, qualifying in 1942. He was a house physician and resident anaesthetist at Leith Hospital, Edinbur

Marcelle Alpheda Maria MacNamara was a consultant ENT surgeon at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham. She was a lead clinician in head and neck oncology. She was born on 18 September 1958. Her maiden name was Von Schoenberg. She studied medi

Wadi Yusuf Nassar was an ENT surgeon at Wythenshawe and Withington hospitals, Manchester. He was born in Jifna, a small village near Jerusalem, in the then Palestine, the fourth child and second son of Yousif Nassar, a priest in the Greek Orthodox Church, and Zakia née Samara, the daughter of a farm

Peter Adlington was an ear, nose and throat surgeon to the West and East Dorset Health Authorities between 1969 and 1997. He was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 8 April 1932. His father Basil was an ear, nose and throat surgeon and a general practitioner, and also a fellow of the College. His mo

John Alun Beynon Thomas was a consultant ENT surgeon to the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, and consultant otologist to the Medical Research Council's Institute of Hearing Research (Welsh section). Thomas was president of the South Western Otolaryngological Society and in 1973 he was elected

Ivor James Cunningham Frew was a consultant ENT surgeon in Newcastle. He was born in Sheffield on 2 October 1921, the son of William Frew, an area manager of Terry's Chocolate, and Kate Gibb Frew née McGillivray, a housewife. He was educated at Glasgow High School and Liverpool College, then studied

Educated at Queen's College, Cork, and spent several years in general practice at Halifax. He then decided to specialize in the treatment of diseases of the nose and throat, and studied in Leeds and in London. He received the diplomas of Member and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Winifred Joan Wadge was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Royal Ear Hospital (University College Hospital) and the Nelson Hospital, Wimbledon. She was born on 22 May 1904 in Ilford, Essex, the second of three children to Frederick Collett Wadge, a solicitor, and Winifred Hardwick Wadge née Shacklock,

Paul Vincent Wadsworth was a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon to the Brighton and Haywards Heath hospitals and, for many years, also principal laryngologist to Glyndebourne Opera. He was born in Harewood, Yorkshire, on 2 November 1919, the son of Joseph Harold Wadsworth, a school master, and

Robin Francis McNab Jones, a much-respected leading ENT surgeon, was a consultant at both St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, where for five years he also served as dean of the Institute of Laryngology and Otology (from 1971 to 1976). He was born

Edwin Nicholas Owen (known as 'Tim') was a consultant ENT surgeon for the Shrewsbury Group of Hospitals. He studied medicine at Liverpool University, qualifying in 1938 with the conjoint diploma and the MB BS. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a registrar in the ENT department, Charing Cr