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Sir Terence English obituary

Pioneering cardiac surgeon who directed the Papworth hospital heart transplant programme

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025

Sir Terence English: Surgeon who led first UK’s first heart transplant dies aged 93

Sir Terence English completed the first successful human transplant in 1979

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2025

Surgeon who led UK’s first successful heart transplant operation dies aged 93

Sir Terence English studied mining engineering at university in Johannesburg before deciding to switch to medicine, at Guy’s Hospital in London.

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2025

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Sally Adams obituary

Other lives: Nurse at Papworth hospital when it was carrying out pioneering heart transplants in the 1970s and 80s

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2025

History of transplant breakthroughs: from hearts to hands … and heads?

After surgeons perform first womb transplant in UK, we look at other major advances through the years

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2023

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