Sir Patrick Moore OBE | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 March 1918 Bristol, England |
| Died |
18 June 2015 (aged 97) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Spouse | Beth Beedie (m. 1942) |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
Sir Patrick William Eisdell Moore OBE (17 March 1918 – 18 June 2015) was a New Zealand surgeon and medical researcher. He was a pioneer in cochlear implants, and was the first person in the world to perform an eardrum transplant. He also served as a medical officer in World War II, and was the only Pākehā in the 28th Māori Battalion. His autobiography So Old So Quick was released in 2004.[1][2]
Moore was born in Bristol, England on 17 March 1918,[3] the son of Alice Moore (née Lofthouse) and her husband, New Zealand surgeon Arthur Eisdell Moore.[4][5] He was educated at Auckland Grammar School,[4] and then studied medicine at the University of Otago, from where he graduated MB ChB in 1943.[6] On 21 December 1942, he married Beth Beedie in Dannevirke.[7]
In the 1982 New Year Honours, Moore was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to otolaryngology and the community,[8] and he was made a Knight Bachelor, for services to otolaryngology, in the 1992 New Year Honours.[9]
Moore died in Auckland on 18 June 2015.[2] His wife, Beth, Lady Moore, died on 7 August 2017.[10]
References[]
- ↑ "Medical pioneer Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore aged 96, on getting So Old, So Quick". Radio New Zealand. 20 June 2015. http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2601537/medical-pioneer-sir-patrick-eisdell-moore. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Death Notice: Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore". New Zealand Herald. 20 June 2015. http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=patrick-william-eisdell-moore&pid=175112894&fhid=12541. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ Taylor, Alister, ed (2001). "New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001". Auckland: Alister Taylor Publishers. ISSN 1172-9813.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "So Old So Quick – Sir Patrick Eisdell moore". Castle Publishing. http://www.castlepublishing.co.nz/sooldsoquick.html. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "New Zealanders abroad". Auckland Star. 25 July 1917. p. 6. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19170725.2.99. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "NZ university graduates 1870––1961: Me–Mo". http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/university17.html. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "Dannevirke wedding". New Zealand Herald. 31 December 1942. p. 5. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19421231.2.52. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ↑ "No. 48839". 31 December 1981. p. 40. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/48839/supplement/40
- ↑ "No. 52768". 31 December 1991. p. 29. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52768/supplement/29
- ↑ "Death notice: Beth Eisdell Moore". New Zealand Herald. 9 August 2017. http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=beth-eisdell-moore&pid=186317028. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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