Harold Gillies

Sir Harold Gillies
Born
Harold Delf Gillies

(1882-06-17)17 June 1882
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died10 September 1960(1960-09-10) (aged 78)
Marylebone, London, England
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Otolaryngologist and pioneer plastic surgeon
Years activec.1910–1960
Known forPlastic surgery, sex reassignment surgery
Spouse
Kathleen Margaret Jackson
(m. 1911)
Relatives

Sir Harold Delf Gillies CBE FRCS (17 June 1882 – 10 September 1960) was a New Zealand otolaryngologist and father of modern plastic surgery for the techniques he devised to repair the faces of wounded soldiers returning from World War I.