Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows

Born on 23 July 1878 at Shere, Surrey, one of the two sons of George Fisher, MRCS 1867, who practised there, and Mary Ann Ramsden, his wife. He was educated at Epsom College, entered the London Hospital with the Epsom scholarship in 1896, and subsequently served as interne and externe resident accou

Victor Bonney was one of the great masters of gynaecological surgery. He looked on himself as a surgeon who had cultivated one specialty, and could not agree that gynaecologists should be considered a third estate in the medical profession. He was not only a brilliant technical operator but a man of

Donald Forsyth Lawson graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1933 and his early appointments included that of resident medical officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1934. He passed the diploma in gynaecology and obstetrics at Melbourne in 1936 and following this was medical superintenden

Kevin Walter Priddis was a consultant gynaecologist at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia. He was born on 3 July 1913 in Trangie, a small town near Dubbo in north western New South Wales, the son of Frederick Walter Priddis, a publican, and Margaret Priddis née McCarthy. There were four childr

Born in 1888 the third son of Lt-Col A S Roberts and Jane, daughter of Brigade Surgeon Benjamin Lane and sister of Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, he was educated at Cheltenham College and Guy's Hospital where he was awarded an entrance scholarship in arts and the Treasurer's Gold Medal in clinical surg

Born in England about 1860, he received his medical training at University College Hospital, where he was Atkinson Morley surgical scholar. After qualifying in 1882 he was appointed to the staff of the Royal Hospital for Women, Paddington, and took the Fellowship in 1885. He emigrated to Australia i

John Howkins was a gynaecological surgeon at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He was born in Hartlepool, County Durham, on 17 December 1907, the son of John Drysdale Howkins, a civil engineer, and Helen Louise née Greenwood, the daughter of a bank manager. He was educated at Cargilfield Preparator

Born on 22 September 1908 at 11 Barrington Road, Crouch End, N, the eldest of the five children of Frank Ernest Todd, civil servant and principal inspector of taxes, and Margaret Mary Shearman, his wife. He was educated at Prior Park School, Bath, and from there proceeded to Guy's Hospital, taking h

Born at Melbourne in 1886, elder son of Michael Ulick O'Sullivan LRCP&S Edinburgh, gynaecologist to the Woman's Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital. His younger brother Brendan became a physician and practised at Fitzroy, Victoria. He was educated at the University of Melbourne, qualifying in 1909, a

Born in 1901, son of R J Burt White, cotton goods buyer, of Crouch End, he was educated at Epsom College and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he won the Foster prize in anatomy and the Harvey prize in physiology. He was house surgeon to W McAdam Eccles and Girling Ball, and served as intern midwifer

Born on 15 December 1884 at Pentre, Glamorgan, son of Elias Henry Davies, an influential figure in the public service of South Wales, and Ann Jones, his wife, he was educated at Porth County School and University College, Cardiff, graduating with first-class honours in science in 1906, and was award

Robert Zacharin was a senior gynaecologist at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Melbourne on 11 April 1925, the son of Saul Zacharin, a timber merchant, and Sarah Agnes Zacharin née Fyfe, a tailor, whose father was from Crathie in Scotland. Zacharin was educated at Wesley Col