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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Barry Jones was a consultant oral surgeon at Stoke Mandeville and High Wycombe hospitals. He was born on 3 April 1935 to John Jones, a dentist, and Olga Jones née Cowan, in Hartlepool. He used to tell how his father would recruit him and his brother to administer anaesthetic gases at his surgery.