Patrick Eisdell Moore

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]

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(s)
Beth Beedie
(
m. 1942)
Scientific career
FieldsOtolaryngology

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
  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. "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. Auckland: Alister Taylor Publishers. ISSN 1172-9813.
  4. "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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