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Harold Gillies

1882-06-17 – 1960-09-10

Portrait of Harold Gillies
Sir Harold Delf Gillies, a famous plastic surgeon. Lettering reads: "For Cambridge (nineteen-four) he rowed, appearing from an antipode; at golf he's plus-I-don't-what, and won St. George's challenge pot; when the soft turf his niblick hews, deftly the divot he replaces; and the same plastic art renews, the natural form of wounded faces." Iconographic Collections Keywords: portrait prints; gillies, harold delf, sir, 188; plastic surgeons; George Belcher; Harold Delf GilliesCredit: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/d2/73/6896c777c917da1d87ecafbb6a13.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0011539.html

Life & Legacy

Sir Harold Delf Gillies (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.

Occupation & Career

physician, plastic surgeon, surgeon

Education

Gonville and Caius College; Whanganui Collegiate School

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Education & Institutions

Gonville and Caius College · Whanganui Collegiate School

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q3514837 — wikidata View source

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