| Sir Patrick Moore | |
| Birth Date: | 17 March 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Bristol, England |
| Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Fields: | Otolaryngology |
| Alma Mater: | University of Otago |
Sir Patrick William Eisdell Moore (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, and he was made a Knight Bachelor, for services to otolaryngology, in the 1992 New Year Honours.
Moore died in Auckland on 18 June 2015.[2] His wife, Beth, Lady Moore, died on 7 August 2017.[8]