biography
| name: |
Gillies, Sir Harold (Delf)
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pronunciation:
[gileez]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1882–1960)
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| biography:
| Plastic surgeon, born in Dunedin, New Zealand. He studied at Wanganui College and Cambridge. In 1920 he published his Plastic Surgery of the Face, which established this subject as a recognized branch of medicine. During World War 2 he was responsible for setting up plastic surgery units throughout the country, and was personally in charge of one at Park Prewett Hospital, Basingstoke. In 1957 he published The Principles and Art of Plastic Surgery. |
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