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

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

John Herbert Sowray was a professor of oral surgery at King’s College 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

Ian Ralph Brooke was a professor of dentistry at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada and chief of dentistry at the University Hospital. 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

Geoffrey Howe was dean of three dental schools – at the Royal Dental Hospital of London School of Dental Surgery (RDH), in Hong Kong and latterly in Jordan. He was born on 24 April 1924 in the London borough of Haringey, the eldest of three brothers. His father, Leo Leslie John Howe, died when Geoff

Glyn Burland was an oral surgeon at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. He was born on 16 February 1929, the son of John Henry Burland, a dentist who had served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War, and Annie J C Burland née Reiley. Burland gained his fellowship of the Fa

Joseph Reginald Moore was a professor of oral surgery at Manchester University. He was born in Lima, Peru on 24 February 1919, the son of Marguerite Moore née Cohu, who was French, and Reginald Alfred Moore, an Englishman. He spent his early years in Peru, France and Spain until the family settled i

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.