Dr.
John
Heysham
Gibbon
Jr.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Heysham Gibbon
and Marjorie (Young) Gibbon
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Hopkinson) Gibbon
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 69
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Created 7 Jan 2019
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Biography
John Gibbon Jr. is Notable.
Dr. John Heysham Gibbon Jr. revolutionized heart surgery in the 20th century
John Heysham Gibbon Jr., was born in 1903. He was the son of Dr. John Heysham Gibbon Sr., and Marjorie Young Gibbon. He was an American surgeon best known for inventing the heart–lung machine and for performing subsequent open heart surgeries which revolutionized heart surgery in the twentieth century.
He died in 1973.
Sources
- John Heysham Gibbon, 1903—1973, National Academy of Sciences, http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/gibbon-john.pdf (Accessed August 8, 2022)
See also:
- Wikipedia: Dr. John Heysham Gibbon
- Wikidata: Item Q1378995, en:Wikipedia
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