Sir Harold Gillies | |
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Born | Harold Delf Gillies 17 June 1882 Dunedin, New Zealand |
Died | 10 September 1960 Marylebone, London, England | (aged 78)
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) |
Relatives |
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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]