Rickman Godlee

Sir
Rickman Godlee
KCVO
Portrait of Sir Rickman John Godlee Wellcome
Born(1849-02-15)15 February 1849
Upton, Essex, England
Died18 April 1925(1925-04-18) (aged 76)
Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
EducationUniversity College London
Known forFirst to surgically remove a brain tumour
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Sir Rickman John Godlee, 1st Baronet KCVO (15 February 1849 – 18 April 1925) was an English surgeon. In 1884 he became one of the first doctors to surgically remove a brain tumor, founding modern brain surgery.

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