Pioneer plastic surgeon. Born Dunedin, New Zealand. Came to England as a student at Cambridge and qualified as a surgeon in 1910. The two world wars provided him with the inspiration (and the patients) for his pioneering work as a plastic surgeon. In 1946 he carried out the first sex realignment surgeries. Also a talented sportsman, playing golf for England, and an artist who exhibited and sold his work. Died at the London Clinic in Marylebone.
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Sir Harold Gillies
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Sir Harold Gillies
Sir Harold Gillies, 1882 - 1960, pioneer plastic surgeon, lived here. English...
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Dr. John Snow
Pioneer anaesthetist and epidemiologist. Born North Street in York. The site given as the source for the picture of Snow is an excellent site.
6 memorials
George Qvist
Surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital. Wrote a biography of fellow surgeon John Hunter. Married Dame Frances Violet Gardner (1913-1989), another medical consultant. AIM gives their impressive CVs. We'...
1 memorial
Staff Nurse Sue Garner
Staff Nurse in the Clinical Neurophysiology Department, the National Hospital.
1 memorial
Dr Watson
John H. Watson, MD, friend of Sherlock Holmes.
3 memorials
Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
Scholar and Humanist. Born at Langham Chambers, near Oxford Circus. Although qualified as a doctor, he decided to follow an academic career. He lectured at Cambridge and in 1896 published 'The Gree...
1 memorial