Brian Martin was a consultant ophthalmologist at Leeds General Infirmary from 1967 to 1994. He was born in Aberystwyth on 13 October 1934, the son of William Martin, an optician, and Alice Martin née Withers. He attended school locally and then studied medicine at Caius College, Cambridge and at Wes

Stuart Brumley was an ophthalmologist in Toorak, Victoria, Australia. He was born in Melbourne on 9 November 1935. His father, Louis Purves Brumley, was an engineer; his mother was Marjorie Caroline Kirton, the daughter of a member of the state parliament in Victoria. He had a sister, Rosemary, and

Professor Peter Eustace was a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with a special interest in Neuro-ophthalmology. He studied Medicine in University College Galway where he met his beloved wife Margaret. His post graduate training was undertaken in Birmingham in general practice initially and subsequent

Mary Joan Starbuck was an ophthalmic surgeon at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. She was born on 16 April 1928 in Lewisham, London, the daughter of John William Sandford Starbuck, a rope and twine merchant, and Elsie Starbuck née Williams. She was educated at Bromley High School and Bromley County

Ivor Levy was a consultant ophthalmologist at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel. He was born in Manchester on 29 June 1941 and educated in Manchester, at Pembroke College, Oxford, and at the London Hospital. After junior appointments, he held a research fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Eye Inst

John Holford Cook began his career as an ophthalmologist, but later re-trained as an anaesthetist. Born on 16 May 1943, in the middle of the Second World War, he did not meet his father until he was three years old. He studied medicine at the Royal Free Hospital, London, and, following qualificati

John Romano was born on 24 May 1926 into a Jewish-Italian family in Cairo, where he was educated and subsequently qualified in medicine. His father Albert Romano was a barrister and his mother was Marie Afif. In Cairo he became fluent in English, French, Italian and Arabic, skills that he later used

Hemchandra Kanji Mehta Known as ‘Hemant’ to his family, friends and colleagues, was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon for the Gwynedd Health Authority, Wales. He was born in Gujarat, India, where his father was the personal tutor to a prince but, when Hemant was just six months old, the family moved t

Edward Zorab was born in Southampton on 28 October 1909, the second of six sons of Arthur Zorab, an ophthalmic surgeon, and Olive Parsons, the daughter of F J Parsons, the printer and publisher. He was educated at Cheltenham College, and then at Guy's Hospital Medical School where his father and fou

Sohan S Hayreh, professor of ophthalmology at the University of Iowa, was best known for his work on the vascular circulation of the visual system and vascular diseases of the eye and optic nerve. He made profound contributions to the understanding of vascular eye diseases and received many honours.

Noel Rice was a consultant ophthalmologist and medical director at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and a pioneer in the development of microscope-assisted eye surgery. He was born on 26 December 1931 in Norwich, the son of Raymond Arthur Cracroft Rice, an anaesthetist, and Doris Ivy Rice née Slater,

Alan Ridgway was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. He was born in Stanmore, Middlesex. His father, Albert Edward George Ridgway, was a GP; his mother, Helene Genvieve Ridgway née Jansanne, was a couturière. His paternal grandfather qualified as a doctor three months a