Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows

Born in Sunderland on 30 April 1932, Russell Hopkins went to dental school in Newcastle, followed by dental practice in Hartlepool, Cambridge, Salisbury, and Southern Rhodesia developing an interest in general anaesthesia. Returning to an SHO post at Nottingham General Hospital including maxillofaci

Colin Wishart, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon, died peacefully in Poole General Hospital on 5 July 2001, aged 81. Colin was born in Edinburgh on 26 January 1920, one of twin boys. He attended George Watson’s Boys College and later entered the Dental School where he was an enthusiasti

Laurence, the consultant who developed Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery services in Somerset, a gifted postgraduate educator, passed away on 2 October 2019. Born in 1931, the son of a headmaster, he was educated at Ashby Grammar School. He graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1955, follow

We regret to announce that John Montgomery Gorman MDS FDS FFD died on 18 November 2014. John, born 12 October 1929, was a consultant in the Northern Ireland Plastic and Maxillo Facial Service. During his time as a Consultant Surgeon the 'Northern Ireland Troubles' were taking place and John was d

Benjamin William Fickling was a distinguished oral surgeon and a past president of the British Association of Oral Surgeons. The son of Robert Marshall Fickling, a dentist, he was born in London on 14 July 1909, in a house in Sloane Street where there had been a dental practice since 1840. His mothe

Khursheed Francis Moos was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Glasgow Dental Hospital. Born in Greenwich, south east London, in 1934 and educated at Dulwich College, he qualified in dentistry from Guy’s Hospital dental school in 1957. He achieved his fellowship of the Faculty of Dent

Martin died on 4 October 2017 following a year-long fight against cancer. He was born on 4 June 1950, the first of five children of Lawrence and Mary Wardle. Martin started his dental training at Birmingham University in 1968 following in the footsteps of his father Lawrence, who had also studied de

William Lamb, known as ‘Bill’, was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and Peterborough District Hospital from 1971 to 2003. He was born in Charlton, London, to Harold Theodore Lamb, a captain in the Merchant Marine, and Rhoda Mary Lamb née Clark, a hea

Geoffrey Slaney Hoggins, consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon, died on January 4 2000, aged 84. ‘Geoff’ as he was affectionately known by colleagues throughout the hospital service in the Midlands, was educated at Bedford School, King Edward’s School Birmingham, and Birmingham University.

On 27 May 2008 family, friends and former colleagues gathered at St Margaret’s Church, Hapton, Norfolk to say farewell to Geoffrey Cheney. Geoffrey was born in Hampshire in 1935, the youngest of five children. After leaving school he undertook his National Service in the Royal Navy. He then bec

Henry Myers Alty died on 27 February 2019 aged 89, after a short illness, and his well-attended funeral took place in his local church on 22 March 2019. ‘Harry’ or to be precise ‘HMA’, as he was known to his many colleagues, was modest and above all unflappable, which are the traits that spring t

Johnny died on 23 January 2018 aged 96 years. He was born in Leeds in 1921. At 14 he was apprenticed as a dental mechanic (technician). During this time he cycled from Leeds to Bradford to attend night school in order to gain further qualifications. At 19 he was called up into the RAF. Because of hi