Patrick Eisdell Moore

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Sir Patrick Moore
OBE
Born(1918-03-17)17 March 1918
Bristol, England
Died18 June 2015(2015-06-18) (aged 97)
Auckland, New Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Spouse
Beth Beedie
​
(m. 1942)​
Scientific career
FieldsOtolaryngology

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[edit]

  1. ^ "Medical pioneer Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore aged 96, on getting So Old, So Quick". Radio New Zealand. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Death Notice: Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore". New Zealand Herald. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ Taylor, Alister, ed. (2001). "New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001". New Zealand Who's Who, Aotearoa. Auckland: Alister Taylor Publishers. ISSN 1172-9813.
  4. ^ a b "So Old So Quick – Sir Patrick Eisdell moore". Castle Publishing. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. ^ "New Zealanders abroad". Auckland Star. 25 July 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  6. ^ "NZ university graduates 1870––1961: Me–Mo". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Dannevirke wedding". New Zealand Herald. 31 December 1942. p. 5. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  8. ^ "No. 48839". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1981. p. 40.
  9. ^ "No. 52768". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1991. p. 29.
  10. ^ "Death notice: Beth Eisdell Moore". New Zealand Herald. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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