Robert Liston

This article is about the surgeon. For the British diplomat, see Robert Liston (diplomat). For the clergyman, see Robert Liston (minister).

Robert Liston
FRCSE FRCS FRS
Liston, 1847 portrait by Samuel John Stump
Born(1794-10-28)28 October 1794
Ecclesmachan, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
Died7 December 1847(1847-12-07) (aged 53)
London, England, UK
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh Medical School
OccupationSurgeon
Years active1816−1847
Scientific career
FieldsSurgery

Robert Liston FRCSE FRCS FRS (28 October 1794 – 7 December 1847) was a Scottish surgeon. Liston was noted for his speed and skill in an era prior to anaesthetics, when speed made a difference in terms of pain and survival. He was the first Professor of Clinical Surgery at University College Hospital in London and performed the first public operation utilising modern anaesthesia in Europe.

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