Frank Clare Wilkinson CBE (1889-1979) dental professor in Manchester, Australia and London, second dean of the Eastman Dental Institute.

Frank Wilkinson qualified from Liverpool University in dentistry and medicine. He then gained important experience in the Royal Army Medical Corps, working alongside leaders in the evolving fields of maxillofacial and plastic surgery. Frank rose through the ranks of academia to become dental professor and dean of three dental schools, in Melbourne, Manchester and London. It was at the Eastman Dental Institute that he made his major mark, developing what had been a local children's dental clinic into a world-famous postgraduate dentistry hospital and school.