Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows

David Anthony Berstock was born in Manchester on 14 September 1946. He was the only son of Ellia Berstock, a general practitioner, and his wife Rene née Hall. Educated at Stockport Grammar School, he trained in medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and London University, graduating MB, BS in 1970. H

John Ian Burn was a consultant general surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, London. He was born on 19 February 1927 and grew up in Ilford, northeast London. His father, Cecil Walter Burn, was orphaned as a small boy, fought and was wounded in the First World War, and then worked as a civil servant for

Hugh Carmalt was a clinical associate professor of surgery, lecturer and tutor at the University of Sydney and a consultant general, breast and endocrine surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He was born in Sydney, the son of Harry Victor Carmalt, an industrial chemist and professional musici

Murid Ahmed Chaudary was lead clinician in breast disease at Watford General Hospital. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya on 11 May 1944, where he spent his childhood and school years, before joining Leeds Medical School in 1967. Following qualification, Murid was a house officer at St Luke’s in Brad

Maxwell James Coleman (‘Max’) was a visiting medical officer at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney from 1979 to 2006. He was born in Randwick, New South Wales, on 6 June 1944. His father, Maxwell John Coleman, was a journalist; his mother, Betty Joan Coleman née Blair, was a secretary. He studied medicin

Cyril Cooling was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Marsden Hospital and then medical superintendent of Benenden Hospital in Kent. The second son of Frank Cooling, a newsagent, and Lilian M Cooling née Waygood, he won the coveted Bucknill scholarship to enter University College Hospital in 1941, the

Martin Cooper was medical director of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, and a consultant general surgeon. He was born in 1947. At 14, having had his appendix removed, he decided he wanted to become a surgeon. Three years later, at Forest Grammar School in Winnersh, Berkshire, his biology teacher

David William Daly was a consultant surgeon in Nottingham. He qualified in 1955 and gained his FRCS in 1958. He was a Hunterian professor at the Royal College of Surgeons. In February 1968, he was appointed to the General and Children’s hospitals in Nottingham. Six years later, when two paediatr

Robert Pope Melville was a consultant general and breast surgeon in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was born at Wollongong, New South Wales on 23 May 1913. One of five children, his father, Hector Pope Melville, a school principal and advocate for education, encouraged his sons and daughters

Richard Nigel Leetall Harland was a consultant general surgeon in Wigan. He was born on 1 April 1952 in York. He studied medicine at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London and qualified with the MB BS in 1974. He gained his FRCS in 1979 and an MD in 1985. Prior to his consultant appointment

Alan Rhodes was a consultant in general and paediatric surgery in Coventry. He was born in Wolverhampton on 1 April 1936 to Florence Rhodes née Levers, a secretary, and Wilfred Rhodes, a clerk. After a stellar performance at Wolverhampton Grammar School, he entered Birmingham Medical School in 1953.

Sir Arnold Elton was born on 14 February 1920. He trained at University College Hospital and qualified MB, BS in 1943. After house jobs at Charing Cross Hospital (where he was Gosse research scholar), St Peter’s Hospital for Stone and University College Hospital, he passed the fellowship of the coll