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 |
| Occupation(s) | Otolaryngologist and pioneer 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 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.