Pioneer plastic surgeon. Born Dunedin, New Zealand. Came to England as a student at Cambridge and qualified as a surgeon in 1910. The two world wars provided him with the inspiration (and the patients) for his pioneering work as a plastic surgeon. In 1946 he carried out the first sex realignment surgeries. Also a talented sportsman, playing golf for England, and an artist who exhibited and sold his work. Died at the London Clinic in Marylebone.
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Sir Harold Gillies
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Sir Harold Gillies
Sir Harold Gillies, 1882 - 1960, pioneer plastic surgeon, lived here. English...
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Breast Cancer Care
Charity providing support for women with breast cancer. Founded by Betty Westgate, five years after she was diagnosed with the disease. Originally called the Mastectomy Association; the name was ch...
1 memorial
Lady Jean Medawar
Wife of Sir Peter Medawar, the man in our picture, and thus known as Lady Medawar. Worked passionately in the promotion of family planning, especially for young girls. Chair of the Family Plannin...
1 memorial
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
Born Paris. Worked with malaria.
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Hunt's House at Guy's Hospital
Another, partial, view of this building here. Dates approximate.
1 memorial
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Leslie John Palmer
Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Plaistow Road, E15 on 19 March 1941. Fireman Leslie John Palmer was born on 3 January 1910 in Penge, Kent, the 4th son of George Walter Palmer (b. 1869...
War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials
Charles Kitterbell
A character in Charles Dickens' sketches by Boz "The Bloomsbury Christening".
1 memorial
1 memorial
Martin C. Parfett
Leading Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Old Palace School, Bow, E3 on 20 April 1941. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Auxiliary Leading Fireman Martin Charle...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
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