William Alexander Law, known as Scottie, was born in Edinburgh on 22 August 1910, the only son of James Law, dental surgeon, and his wife Agnes, née Jarvis. He was educated at Giggleswick School and won an open scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge, where he obtained first class honours in the

Harold Burton Lee was born in London on 9 December 1909, the son of William Edward Lee FRCS (see *Lives of the Fellows*, 1952-1964, p.237) and Ada, née Burton. He was educated at Highgate School and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, qualifying in 1933. During his early years he was a marath

Frederick Denis Hindmarsh was born on 11 August 1914 in Ryton-on-Tyne, the son of Ralph Frederick Hindmarsh, a consulting civil engineer. He was educated at Newcastle Preparatory School, Durham School and Durham University. He qualified MB BS in 1938, obtained the FRCS in 1945 and the MS in 1946.

Clifford Brewer was for many years the senior consultant surgeon at the Liverpool Royal Infirmary. He was born on 29 April 1913, the second son of Oscar John Brewer, inspector of education in the city of Liverpool, and Marian Brewer née Almond. He attended Quarry Bank School and then went to Liverpo

Geoffrey Layton Slack – known as the ‘father of UK dental public health’ – played a leading role in establishing the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry and the specialty of dental public health. He was born in Southport on 27 March 1912, the son of Charles Garrett Slack and Ger

Wilfred George Mills was born in Birmingham on 20 August 1915, the son of George Percival Mills, FRCS (see *Lives* 1952-64, pages 289-290). One uncle, Humphrey Humphreys was Professor of Dental Surgery in Birmingham; another uncle, Seymour Barling was Professor of Surgery in Birmingham and his elder

Myles Formby was born in South Australia on 13 March 1901, the son of a sheep farmer on a considerable scale and himself the son of a settler born in Formby, Lancashire. His mother, Elsie Landseer, was the daughter of a prominent South Australian parliamentarian. He was educated at St Peter's Colleg

James Christie Anderson, third child and third son of James Alexander Anderson, a schoolmaster, and Jeanie (née Boswell), was born in Dundee on 4 December 1899. After early education at Butterburn School and Dundee High School he secured an entrance scholarship to St Andrew's University where he ori

Reginald Murley, known universally to friend and foe alike as ‘Reggie’, was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Northern Hospital and a former President of the College. He was born on 2 August 1916. His father, Sydney Herbert, was a fur trader and a general manager of the Hudson Bay Company. His mothe