Lindsay Society Annual Lecture 2026

The College will be hosting the Lindsay Society for the History of Dentistry for the delivery of the 31st annual Lilian Lindsay Memorial Lecture.

The lecture, entitled ‘Movers and shakers: remembered and forgotten‘, will take place on Thursday 5 February 2026 at the historic Cutlers’ Hall in London.

It will be delivered by Margaret Wilson, former Editor of the Dental Historian (the journal of the Lindsay Society). After graduating from the University of Liverpool Dental School in 1972, Lady Wilson worked in hospital and in Community Dental Services, later becoming a consultant in restorative dentistry and then clinical head of division at Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Trust, as well as an honorary senior lecturer in restorative dentistry at the University of Manchester and Honorary Curator of the city’s Dental Hospital Museum. She completed a PhD in biomaterial sciences, held a number of visiting professorships in the UK and the United States, and became Director of the National Advice Centre for Postgraduate Dental Education. After retiring in 2013, she served as President of the East Lancashire & East Cheshire branch of the British Dental Association (BDA) in 2015-2016, became Honorary Curator of the BDA Museum in 2016 and received Life Membership of the BDA in 2023. In 2024 she was awarded the Lindsay Memorial Medal for services to the history of dentistry.

The event is free of charge, with refreshments provided. Registration will open at 10.30am, with the lecture and post-lecture discussion taking place from 11am – 12.30pm.

The lecture will take place as part of a series of College events that day in the same venue. These include a gathering of the College’s ‘1992’ Circle of retired members; a reception to mark 20 years of Training Standards in Implant Dentistry; and in the evening, the College’s Fellows’ Winter Reception, including the Presentations of Associate Fellows and Fellows. These are all ticketed events, with further details and booking available on our Events page.