Harold Gillies
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 |
| Occupations | Otolaryngologist, 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 CBE FRCS (17 June 1882 – 10 September 1960) was the father of modern plastic surgery for the techniques he devised to repair the faces of wounded soldiers returning from World War I. He initially trained as an otolaryngologist and subsequently developed reconstructive techniques that culminated in the advent of plastic surgery.