Gordon Buck, 1807 - 1877.
Early pioneer of American plastic surgery.

Sir Harold Delf Gillies, 1882 - 1960.
Established plastic surgery in England.

Jerome Pierce Webster, 1888 - 1974.
Chief of Plastic Surgery, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons; developed a great plastic surgery library.

Albert D. Davis, 1890 - 1964.
San Francisco plastic surgeon; paid Gillies a fee to receive training.

T.P. Kilner, 1890 - 1964.
First Professor of plastic surgery, Oxford University; trained by Gillies after WWI; developed the cleft palate repair.

Clair Straith, 1891 - 1958.
Leading cosmetic surgeon and great business mind in Detroit.

Gustave Aufricht, 1894 - 1980.
Trained by father of rhinoplasty, Jacques Joseph of Germany; with Safian, introduced his methods to the U.S. in the 1930's; a founding member of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.

James Barrett Brown, 1899 - 1971.
St. Louis giant of plastic surgery.

Hector Marino, 1905-
Leading Buenos Aires plastic surgeon.

Louis T. Byars, 1906 - 1969.
One of the Four Horsemen of St. Louis.

Frank McDowell, 1911 - 1992.
Scribe of the famous Four Horseman of St. Louis; editor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

David Weaver Robinson, 1911 - 1992.
Chief of Plastic Surgery, Kansas City.

Ivo Pitanguy, 1926-
Renowned Rio de Janeiro plastic surgeon.

John Hueston, 1926 - 1994.
Leading Australian plastic surgeon.

David Napier Matthews
Chief of Plastic Surgery, Great Ormand St., London.

Jaime Planus
Cosmetic plastic surgeon, Barcelona.

Kenneth A. McNeill
Chief Plastic Surgeon, Kingston, Jamaica.

Khoo-Boo-Chai
Outstanding plastic surgeon, Singapore and Malaysia.

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