Bernard Greenfield died within a few weeks of his 89th birthday after suffering from Alzheimer's disease since June 2001. He was born in Hackney and educated at the Central Foundation School, Cowper Street, EC2. He matriculated in 1931 and spent a year in the sixth form before leaving to work in

Arthur Prophet CBE died on l8th October, aged 84. Arthur was Dean of UCH Dental School and subsequently Dean of UCH Medical School. He played a large part in planning the new UCH Dental Hospital and School that opened in 1963. He was educated at Sedbergh School and Manchester University where h

Richard Ticehurst was a consultant general surgeon and urologist in Hastings, Sussex. He was born on 3 November 1917 into an old medical Sussex family renowned for its expertise in English wildlife, his father having written the seminal work on swans. He had an older brother, Hugh, who became a loca

Robert Alexander Murdoch Lawson (known as 'Bob') was a cardiothoracic surgeon at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester. He was born on 11 February 1938, in a farmhouse in Ardross, a tiny village in Ross-shire in the Highlands of Scotland. His parents, Margaret Perrins Lawson née Murdoch and Robert MacKen

Air commodore Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Brown was a consultant in burns and plastic surgery in the RAF. He was born in London on 11 September 1925. His father, Oscar Frank Brown, was director of telecommunications research during the Second World War and prominent in the development of radar. His mother, Dori

John Miller, Emeritus Professor of Child Dental Health at the University Hospital of Wales, died on 9 July 2011. A gifted, kind, generous teacher, he inspired many students and was internationally renowned for his contributions to caries research and the understanding of developmental anomalies of t

Richard Graham Stead Mills was a senior lecturer in otorhinolaryngology at the University of Wales’ College of Medicine and a consultant surgeon at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. He was a multitalented man who proved a loyal and supportive colleague both to his ENT colleagues and the w

Born in Sunderland on 30 April 1932, Russell Hopkins went to dental school in Newcastle, followed by dental practice in Hartlepool, Cambridge, Salisbury, and Southern Rhodesia developing an interest in general anaesthesia. Returning to an SHO post at Nottingham General Hospital including maxillofaci

Mohamed Ahmed Hassan was head of the department of surgery at the University of Khartoum, Sudan. He was born on 15 October 1931 in El-Obeid, Sudan, the son of Abdel G Hassan, a merchant, and Fatima Ibrahim Hassan née El Imam, the daughter of a merchant. He graduated from the University of Khartoum i

Anaesthesia was introduced into surgery in 1846 and for the first 100 years little progress was made. It remained essentially a craft learned by experience rather than a science. Full-time anaesthetists were rare, anaesthetics being administered by general practitioners or any hospital doctors. The

Peter Adlington was an ear, nose and throat surgeon to the West and East Dorset Health Authorities between 1969 and 1997. He was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 8 April 1932. His father Basil was an ear, nose and throat surgeon and a general practitioner, and also a fellow of the College. His mo

Sir Donald Irvine was an outstanding general practitioner who throughout his career was at the heart of changing the relationship between the public and their doctors. He was the first, and so far only, general practitioner to become president of the General Medical Council (GMC). He was responsible