John James, always known as Jimmy, was a consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon who spent much of his career in Africa. He was born on 25 September 1940 in Lusaka, the fourth child of missionary parents. His father, Henrik Gerard James, was Dutch and a French Protestant pastor, trained at the

Tom Milliken was born in Christchurch in 1925 to Thomas, a solicitor, and Winifred Kate. He had two younger sisters, Dawn and Betty. Tom commenced school at Fendalton Open Air School in 1930 and moved to Julius House at Christ's College in 1938. At the age of 16, and as a result of the death of his

Jan Van Wingerden was a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at the Amsterdam University Medical Centre. 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

Roger Adlard was a consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon at St George’s University 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

Ivor Barwell-Clarke was a plastic and reconstructive surgeon in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. He was born on 25 December 1920 in Cardiff, the son of Uriah Barwell Clarke and Mary Elizabeth Clarke née Williams. His father died in October 1925. Barwell-Clarke graduated from the National S

Lawrence Iregbulem was a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Cambridge Private Hospital. Born in Ifakala, Nigeria on 9 November 1938, he was the eldest child of Philip Iregbulem, a businessman, and his wife, Elizabeth. He was educated at St Patrick’s College, Calabar, Nigeria which he attended as

Professor Jacques Caspar Henricus Van der Meulen was a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who was head of the academic department of plastic surgery in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. When he was awarded the honorary fellowship of the college in 1993 it was noted that he was one of the foremost academi

Rustom Jamshed Maneksha was head of the department of plastic surgery at Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital in Mumbai. Born on 14 February 1920 in Bombay, he was the second child of Jamshed Maneksha, assistant professor of anatomy at Grant Medical College and his wife, Goolbai. His maternal grandfather, Jehan

Robert (Bob) Smith, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, inventor of Solugel and raconteur extraordinaire, was born on 2 August 1937 in Mittagong, New South Wales, to parents Clare Smith and Robert Frederick Smith. He is "R A Smith" to his hospitals, "Boss" to his family and "Algy" to his close frien

Emlyn Lewis was born in America on 10 April 1910; his mother brought him at an early age to Wales and he was educated at Monmouth. He later entered St Mary's Hospital and qualified from there in 1929. After obtaining his Fellowship he held appointments of surgical registrar at King's College Hosp

David Ralph Millard, chief of the division of plastic surgery at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine, was a pioneering plastic surgeon who developed several techniques used in cleft lip and palate surgery. He was born in St Louis, Missouri, on 4 June 1919, the son of David Millard, a

Arthur Michael Wood, the second son of Arthur Henry Wood, CB, a civil servant in the Board of Education, and of Katherine Mary Altham Wood (née Cumberlege), was born at Guildford, Surrey, on 28 January, 1919. He was educated at Lambrook School, Berkshire, Ringwood School, Winchester College, the Éco