Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows

Ken Ray was dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

William Simpson was a consultant in oral surgery at the University Hospital of South Manchester. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon, or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk.

Helen Mary Jenrick was a senior clinical lecturer in oral surgery at the Royal Dental Hospital, London. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Maurice Harold Holden was a consultant oral surgeon at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. He was born on 10 January 1937. His mother’s maiden name was Fielding. He gained his fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1964 and a diploma in implant dentistry in

Harold Andreas ‘Pip’ Priestland died peacefully in Nobles Hospital, Douglas, Isle of Man on 22 February 2017 aged 95 years. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, son and daughter-in-law, Colin and Linda, and grandchildren, Abigail and Elizabeth. ‘Pip’ was born on 3 June 1921 in Liverpool. After

William Gray was an oral surgeon from Ipswich. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Reg Dinsdale was born in Leeds on 17 October 1926, son of dentist Reginald BT Dinsdale and of Beatrice May. He decided to follow in his father’s footsteps, gaining his BChD at Leeds University in 1949, where he met Fay, his future wife. After qualification with a distinction in operative dental surg

John Sowray was a professor of oral surgery at King’s College Hospital, London. He was born in Gillingham in Kent on 24 March 1927, the son of John Sowray and Edith Mabel Sowray née Mellon. In August 1944 he volunteered for the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and qualified as a service pilot. Afte

Mark Bloom was an oral surgeon who lived in Solihull. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon, or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk.

Professor Hugh Dunstan Edmondson was head of the department of oral surgery and oral medicine at the University of Birmingham. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon, or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk.

Christopher Sidney Holland was a consultant oral surgeon at the Prince Charles Hospital, Methyr Tydfil. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon, or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk.

Geoffrey Howe was dean of three dental schools – at the Royal Dental Hospital of London School of Dental Surgery (RDH), in Hong Kong and latterly in Jordan. He was born on 24 April 1924 in the London borough of Haringey, the eldest of three brothers. His father, Leo Leslie John Howe, died when Geoff