Dundee businessman Ross Fraser, who invented many things during his career in chiropody, has died at the age of 82 in Antiquary House, Arbroath.
Mr Fraser was born in Dunblane in 1928. In the early 1950s he went to Rhodesia and worked as a dental technician.
While there, he learned chiropody through a correspondence course.
In 1956 he opened his first chiropody practice in Hawkhill, Dundee, thereafter moving his practice to the Seagate then latterly Gellatly Street.
While practising he began to invent products and introduced techniques to the benefit of patients across Europe.
Mr Fraser was honoured in Germany and Ireland for outstanding contribution and commitment to the foot care industry.
In 1979 he set up a manufacturing and distribution company due to the success of the products he invented.
From 1984 he gave up practising chiropody to concentrate on the worldwide distribution of his products.
He retired in 2002 due to ill health but his family, in particular daughter Anne McLeod, have continued the company and it continues to thrive in Dundee.
Mr Fraser was a Dundee FC supporter, being a season ticket holder for many years, and enjoyed playing football and golf in his earlier years.
He is survived by children Garry, Anne and Lynn and five grandchildren.