Robert Macintosh
Robert Macintosh | |
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Macintosh in 1953 | |
| Born | Robert Reynolds Macintosh 17 October 1897 |
| Died | 28 August 1989 (aged 91) |
| Other names | Rewi Rawhiti (Maori) |
| Education | Waitaki Boys' High School, Guy's Hospital Medical School |
| Occupation | anaesthetist |
| Known for | professor of anaesthetics at University of Oxford, first professor of anaesthetics outside the United States |
| Notable work | designed equipment that bears his name: a laryngoscope, an anaesthetic vaporiser, spray and endobronchial tube |
| Spouse | Dorothy Manning |
| Father | Charles Nicholson Macintosh |
| Awards | knighted in 1955 |
Sir Robert Reynolds Macintosh (17 October 1897 – 28 August 1989) was a New Zealand-born British anaesthetist. He was the first professor of anaesthetics outside the United States.