Section Presidents (20th Century)
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1920 - 1921

SIR PETER FREYER
"Modern progress in urinary surgery"
1921 - 1922

SIR THOMAS HORDER
"On the medical aspects of some urinary diseases"
1922 - 1923

SIR JOHN THOMPSON-WALKER
"Relation of calcified abdominal glands to urinary surgery"
1923 - 1924

SIR WALTER LANGDON-BROWN
"The influence of the endocrines on the work of the kidney"
1924 - 1925

CYRIL NITCH
"Renal tuberculosis"
1925 - 1926

JOCELYN SWAN
"Some reflections upon villous-covered tumours of the urinary bladder"
1926 - 1927

SIR WILLIAM GIRLING BALL
"Some anatomical factors in urinary infections"
1927 - 1928

FRANK KIDD
"Observations on purpura of the urinary tract"
1928 - 1929

JOHN SWIFT JOLY
"The formation of urinary calculi"
1929 - 1930

FRANK JEANS
"Urological statistics as a criterion of progress"
1930 - 1931

SYDNEY GREY MacDONALD
"The results of partial resection of the bladder for carcinoma"
1931 - 1932

RALPH THOMPSON
"Some points in connection with the successful issue of simple prostatectomy"
1932 - 1933

HUGH LETT
1933 - 1934

CLIFFORD MORSON
1934 - 1935

JAMES McALPINE
1935 - 1936

RONALD OGIER WARD
1936 - 1937

BERNARD WARD
1937 - 1938

SIR HENRY WADE
1938 - 1939

HORACE WINSBURY-WHITE
1939 - 1940

JOHN EVERIDGE
1940 - 1941

TE HAMMOND
1941 - 1942

GEORGE NELIGAN
1942 - 1943

HL ATTWATER
1943 - 1944

SIR ERIC RICHES
"Paralysis of the bladder"
1944 - 1945

FARQUHAR LOUGHNANE
"Genital tuberculosis"
1945 - 1946

A WILFRED ADAM
1946 - 1947

RH ("JOEY") ROBINSON
"Some problems of renal lithiasis"
1947 - 1948

WALTER GALBRAITH
1948 - 1949

TERENCE MILLIN
"The ureter, the gynaecologist and the urologist"
1949 - 1950

CHARLES WELLS
"Studies in chronic retention"
1950 - 1951

ALEX E ROCHE
"Reflections on nephrectomy"
1951 - 1952

ARTHUR JACOBS
1952 - 1953

JOHN YATES-BELL
1953 - 1954

HUGH DONOVAN
1954 - 1955

VICTOR DIX
1955 - 1956

DAVID BAND
1956 - 1957

CUTHBERT DUKES
"Behind the scenes in urology"
1957 - 1958

LESLIE PYRAH
"The calcium-containing renal stone"
1958 -1959

ALEC BADENOCH
"Injuries of the ureter"
1959 - 1960

DENNIS POOLE WILSON
1960 - 1961

SIR MARRIOTT FAWCKNER NICHOLLS
1961 - 1962

JC ANDERSON
1962 - 1963

JD FERGUSSON
1963 - 1964

WILLIE S MACK
1964 - 1965

HOWARD HANLEY
1965 - 1966

ASHTON MILLER
1966 - 1967

FR KILPATRICK
1967 - 1968

WH GRAHAM
1968 - 1969

THOMAS MOORE
1969 - 1970

SIR DAVID INNES WILLIAMS
1970 - 1971

RA MOGG
1971 - 1972

JOHN SWINNEY
1972 - 1973

DAVID M WALLACE
1973 - 1974

JOHN P MITCHELL
1974 - 1975

GC TRESSIDER
1975 - 1976

WILLIAM BARR STIRLING
1976 - 1977

RCB PUGH
1977 - 1978

JOHN WITHYCOMBE
1978 - 1979

HUGH KINDER
1979 - 1980

NORMAN SLADE
1980 - 1981

JAMES GOW
1981 - 1982

K OWEN
1982 - 1983

JOHN HOPEWELL
1983 - 1984

PHILIP CLARK
1984 - 1985

JOHN WICKHAM
1985 - 1986

ALAN GREEN
1986 - 1987

JOE SMITH
1987 - 1988

JOHN VINNICOMBE
1988 - 1989

ROBERT WILLIAMS
1989 - 1990

JP WILLIAMS
1990 - 1991

MICHAEL HANDLEY ASHKEN
1991 - 1992

WYNDHAM LLOYD-DAVIES
1992 - 1993

BRIAN PEELING
1993 - 1994

FORBES ABERCROMBIE
1994 - 1995

BILL HENDRY
1995 - 1996

ROGER FENELEY
1996 - 1997

RICHARD NOTLEY
1997 - 1998

PETER WORTH
1998 - 1999

CLIVE GINGELL
1999 - 2000

JOHN BOYD
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