Sir Harold Gillies | |
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| Born | Harold Delf Gillies 17 June 1882 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Died | 10 September 1960 (aged 78) Marylebone, London, England |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Otolaryngologist and pioneer plastic surgeon |
| Years active | c. 1910–1960 |
| Known for | Plastic surgery, sex reassignment surgery |
| Spouse |
Kathleen Margaret Jackson
(m. 1911) |
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Sir Harold Delf Gillies OBE FRCS (17 June 1882 – 10 September 1960) was a New Zealand otolaryngologist and father of modern plastic surgery for the techniques he devised to repair the faces of soldiers coming back from the trenches.[1][2]
- ^ "Walter Ernest O'Neil Yeo – One of the first people to undergo Plastic Surgery". The Yeo Society. 28 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ Modjeska, Drusilla (11 July 2014). "'Horror of war without its glory'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2024.