Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows

Terence Ignatius English was a consultant in oral surgery at the London Hospital. He was born in Cork in 1930. His mother’s maiden name was O’Brien. He studied medicine at the National University of Ireland in Cork, qualifying with his MB BCh BAO in 1954. He gained his bachelor of dental surgery

Eric Thomson was a professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery and director of the school of dentistry at the University of the West Indies. He was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire on 27 January 1938, the son of Eric F Thomson, a civil servant, and Mary Thomson née McCaughan. He studied dentistry at th

Frank Robert Coffin was an oral surgeon in London. He was born in Wandsworth, London, on 21 September 1915, the son of a printer. After qualifying at the Royal Dental Hospital in 1938, he completed house jobs at Leicester Square and at the Middlesex (then the only resident dental post in the country

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 Owen Hindle was a senior lecturer in the school of clinical dentistry at the University of Sheffield. He was born on 28 February 1931 in Blackburn, Lancashire. His father, John Hindle, was a draper, furnisher and dealer; his mother, Marjorie Edith Hindle née Owen, was a housewife. He attende

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

Brian Colman O’Riordan was a consultant oral surgeon at the Central Middlesex and Mount Vernon hospitals, 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

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.

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 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.

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

Glyn Burland was an oral surgeon at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. He was born on 16 February 1929, the son of John Henry Burland, a dentist who had served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War, and Annie J C Burland née Reiley. Burland gained his fellowship of the Fa