David Bowden (‘D B’ to many) was a consultant orthodontist in the Mersey region. He was born on 27 January 1939 and grew up in Warrington, the son of Mary Bowden née Carter and William Ernest Bowden, his father being a general practitioner. His school years were spent at Malvern and as a boy he repu

John Dennis Hugh McDonald was an orthodontist in Melbourne, Victoria. He was born on 25 November 1927 in Sherwood, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. His parents were Hugh Callum McDonald and Lilian Margaret Janetta McDonald née Muirhead. He attended Brisbane State High School. McDonal

John Williams, Consultant Orthodontist to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield and Leeds Dental Hospital, had nearly completed his term as President of the British Orthodontic Society at the time of his sudden death on 3 September 2004. The presidency is the highest honour the Society can bestow on a

Iain Robinson was a consultant orthodontist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. The son of Stanley and Moira Robinson, he was born in Edinburgh on 22 January1940, shortly after the Second World War broke out. After the end of the war, his family moved south to Tadworth in Surrey, but, at the age

Charlie Parker, a consultant orthodontist in Leicester, was a plain-speaking Yorkshire man. Born in Bradford, he and his brother both qualified from Leeds Dental School. Charlie was more interested in dental development than dental disease and so entered the Schools Dental Service in Bradford in 195

Jim Moss was head of the department of orthodontics at University College London Dental School and a leading figure in British orthodontics and the international orthodontic community. He was born on 29 May 1933, one of five children of Percy Randolph Moss, a butcher, and Margaret Moss née Hollands

Francis Joseph Maccauley was a consultant orthodontist in Worcester and Hereford. 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

Judith Clare Hart was an orthodontist from Cardiff. 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

David Morris was head of the department of orthodontics at Leeds Dental Institute. He was born in New York on 20 July 1963, the oldest son of Norman and Jean Morris: his two younger brothers were Richard and Bryn. The family was brought up in Queens, before moving to his father’s native north Wales

John Hooper was the first Consultant Orthodontist in England to be appointed to a District General Hospital following the inception of the National Health Service. His example helped to determine the pattern for the future delivery of orthodontic services in this country. He died at the age of 92 on

Corisande Smyth was a pioneering reader in orthodontics at the University of London and one of the first women to become a fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. She was born in Wimbledon in January 1902 but lived most of her life in Middlesex, where her

David Di Biase was a consultant orthodontist at the London Hospital and a former president of the British Orthodontic Society. 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