Robert E. Gross

Robert E. Gross (1905–1988) was a surgeon famous for being the first to cure patent ductus arteriosus by ligating it. Fisher, Jason C.; Hardy, Mark A.; Widmann, Warren D. (2005), "Robert E. Gross: the Heart of a Surgeon", Current Surgery 62 (5): 495–499, doi:10.1016/j.cursur.2005.04.008, http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149794405000681 

Date of birth:

  • 1905

Date of death:

  • 1988 (age 83 years)

Profession:

Award Winner

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 1959
  • For distinguished achievement: performing the first successful operation on an inborn cardiovascular defect.
  • 1954
  • Joint award for distinguished contributions to cardiovascular surgery and knowledge.
View Awards won by Robert E. Gross »
top ↑

People

Place of death:

top ↑

Similar topics in Freebase

  • Allan Crite

    Allan Crite

    Allan Rohan Crite (March 20, 1910 – September 6, 2007 was a Boston-based African-American artist born in North Plainfield, New Jersey. He has won several honors, such as the 350th Harvard University Anniversary Medal. Crite's mother, Annamae, was a poet who encouraged her son to draw. He showed...
  • Harold Ross

    Harold Ross

    Harold Wallace Ross (November 6, 1892 - December 6, 1951) was an American journalist and founder of The New Yorker magazine, which he edited from the magazine's inception in 1925 to his death. Born in Aspen, Colorado to George and Ida (Martin) Ross, he was the son of an Irish immigrant and a...
  • Robert Cormier

    Robert Cormier

    Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 – November 2, 2000) was an American author, columnist and reporter, known for his deeply pessimistic, downbeat literature. His most popular works include I Am the Cheese, After the First Death, We All Fall Down (Robert Cormier novel) and The Chocolate War,...
  • Carl Frederick Burke

    Carl Frederick Burke (February 10, 1913 – September 1, 1976) was a Canadian aviator. Born at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on February 10, 1913, Carl Frederick Burke started flying lessons at Saint John, New Brunswick in 1936, subsequently earning a commercial license and, in 1939, qualifying...
  • Lloyd Samuel Breadner

    Air Chief Marshal Lloyd Samuel Breadner, CB, DSC (July 14, 1894, Carleton Place, Ontario - March 14, 1952, Boston, Massachusetts) was a Canadian military pilot. Breadner obtained his pilot's certificate at Wright Flying School and was commissioned in the Royal Naval Air Service on December 28, 1915...
  • Margaret MacVicar

    Margaret L.A. (Scotty) MacVicar (1944–1991) was an American physicist and educator. In addition to serving as MIT's Dean of Undergraduate Education (1985–1990), MacVicar is credited with founding the now widely emulated Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) in 1969. MacVicar received...

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for Robert E. Gross was automatically generated from Wikipedia.org licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
[1]
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution