Terence English

Sir Terence Alexander Hawthorne English  (3 October 1932 – 23 November 2025) was a South African-born British cardiac surgeon. He was consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Papworth Hospital and Addenbrooke's Hospital. He led the team that performed Britain's first successful heart transplant in August 1979 at Papworth, and soon made it as one of Europe's leading heart–lung transplant programmes.

English died after having a stroke at his home in Iffley, Oxfordshire on 23 November 2025 at the age of 93.

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Other websites

 Sir Terence English Interview 2017


Category:1932 births
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