Basil Grogono

Basil Grogono and his identical twin brother, Geoffrey, were both educated at Epsom College, where their father, Jonathan, was medical officer to the college. When he was 16, Basil started his medical training at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London, where Geoffrey (who predeceased him in 2010—read obituary: http://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c2089) also undertook his undergraduate medical training. After qualifying Basil enlisted in the army and worked as …