Adams [later Rawson], Sir William (1783–1827), oculist, was born at Stanbury, Morwenstow, Cornwall, on 5 December 1783, the youngest son of Henry Adams (1727-1811) and his wife, Damaris (1736–1788), daughter of Simon and Anne Cottle. He bore the name Adams...
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Adams [later Rawson], Sir William (1783–1827), oculist
W. P. Courtney
revised by J. M. Tiffany
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Anderson, Tempest (1846–1913), ophthalmic surgeon and vulcanologist
R. J. Suthren
revised
Anderson, Tempest (1846–1913), ophthalmic surgeon and vulcanologist, was born on 7 December 1846 at 17 Stonegate, York, the elder son and eldest of the three children of William Charles Anderson, surgeon of York, and his wife, Sarah Ellen Hall. Educated at St Peter's School, York...
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Banister, Richard (c. 1570–1626)
Maker: unknown artist
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Richard Banister (c. 1570–1626) by unknown artist, c. 1620 reproduced by kind permission of the President and Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of London
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Banister, Richard (c. 1570–1626), oculist
Emilie Savage-Smith
Banister, Richard (c. 1570–1626), oculist, whose precise date and place of birth are unknown, was the son of Gabriel Banister. He was one of four brothers, two of whom died early, all apprenticed to surgeons or barber–surgeons. His grandfather was John Banister of ...
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Bier, Norman (1925–2009), optometrist and contact lens specialist
Timothy J. Bowden
Bier, Norman (1925–2009), optometrist and contact lens specialist, was born Norbert Bier on 28 February 1925 in Munich, Germany, the elder son of Marcus Bier (1895–1968), jeweller, and his wife, Henna Necha (Helen), née Buch (1897–1970). His brother Manfred (b. 1930) became an accountant. Educated initially in ...
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Bowman, Sir William, first baronet (1816–1892)
Maker: George Frederic Watts
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Sir William Bowman, first baronet (1816–1892) by George Frederic Watts, 1865 private collection; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bowman, Sir William, first baronet (1816–1892), ophthalmic surgeon and anatomist
D'A. Power
revised by Emilie Savage-Smith
Bowman, Sir William, first baronet (1816–1892), ophthalmic surgeon and anatomist, was born at Sweetbriar Hall, Hospital Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, on 20 July 1816, the third of the four sons (there was one daughter) of John Eddowes Bowman the elder (1785–1841), a banker as well as botanist and fellow of the ...
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Briggs, William (c. 1650–1704), physician and oculist
Barbara Beigun Kaplan
Briggs, William (c. 1650–1704), physician and oculist, born at Norwich, was the second of the seven sons (there was one daughter) of Elizabeth Aldrige and Augustine Briggs (c.1618–1684). The family was prominent in Norwich; Augustine Briggs served as alderman and mayor, and was MP for the city on four occasions. ...
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Briggs, William (c. 1650–1704)
Maker: John Faber junior
William Briggs (c. 1650–1704) by John Faber junior, 1738 (after Robert White, 1697) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Butter, John (1791–1877), ophthalmic surgeon
[Anon.]
revised by Hugh Series
Butter, John (1791–1877), ophthalmic surgeon, was born at Woodbury, near Exeter, Devon, on 22 January 1791. He was educated at Exeter grammar school, before studying at the Devon and Exeter Hospital. He obtained the MD degree at Edinburgh in 1820, and was elected a fellow of the ...
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Collins, Edward Treacher (1862–1932), ophthalmologist
J. M. Tiffany
Collins, Edward Treacher (1862–1932), ophthalmologist, was born at 1 Albert Terrace, Regent's Park, London, on 28 May 1862, the second son of Dr William Job Collins (b. 1818), a London physician; his father was of an old Warwick family, one of whom, ...
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Collins, Sir William Job (1859–1946), ophthalmic surgeon and politician
Virginia Berridge
Collins, Sir William Job (1859–1946), ophthalmic surgeon and politician, was born on 9 May 1859 at 46 Gloucester Road, Regent's Park, London, the eldest of the four children of William Job Collins (1818–1884), surgeon and pharmacist, and his wife, Mary Anne Francisca Treacher (1824–1880)...
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Collins, Sir William Job (1859–1946)
Maker: James Russell & Sons
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Sir William Job Collins (1859–1946) by James Russell & Sons, pubd 1907–9 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Cooke [Cook], Thomas (1807–1868), optician
A. M. Clerke
revised by Alison J. Brech
Cooke [Cook], Thomas (1807–1868), optician, the eldest son of James Cook, a shoemaker, and his second wife, Jane, was born at Allerthorpe in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 8 March 1807. His education was limited to two years at the national school, after which he was put to his father's trade. But inspired by accounts of ...
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Cooper, William White (1816–1886), oculist
G. T. Bettany
revised by Anita McConnell
Cooper, William White (1816–1886), oculist, was born on 17 November 1816 at Holt, Wiltshire, of unknown parentage. Following his arrival in London about 1834, he enrolled as a student at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and at the same time he became a private pupil of ...
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Critchett, George (1817–1882), ophthalmic surgeon
G. T. Bettany
revised by Hugh Series
Critchett, George (1817–1882), ophthalmic surgeon, the elder son of Richard Critchett (1777–1865), and his wife, Elizabeth, was born at Highgate, near London, on 25 March 1817. After attending a private school in Highgate, he studied at the London Hospital under John Scott, and became MRCS in 1839 and FRCS (by examination) in 1844. He was successively demonstrator of anatomy, assistant surgeon (1846), surgeon (1861–3), and professor of surgery to the ...
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Cuff, John (1708?–1772?), optician and microscope maker
Giles Hudson
Cuff, John (1708
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Cumming, William (1822–1855), ophthalmologist
James Dixon
revised by Anita McConnell
Cumming, William (1822–1855), ophthalmologist, was born at Britannia Place, Limehouse, London, the eldest son in the family of five sons and four daughters of William Spink Cumming (1793–1872), surgeon, and his wife, Ann, née Stewart (1794–1862). He became a surgeon apprentice and qualified as a member of the ...
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Dallmeyer, John Henry [formerly Johann Heinrich] (1830–1883), optician
W. J. Harrison
revised by P. D. Hingley
Dallmeyer, John Henry [formerly Johann Heinrich] (1830–1883), optician, was born Johann Heinrich Dallmeyer on 6 September 1830, at Loxten, near Versmold, in the department of Minden, Westphalia, the second son of William Dallmeyer, a farmer with scientific interests, and his wife, Catherine Wilhelmina, ...
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Dallos, Jozsef [Josef] (1905–1979), ophthalmologist
Timothy J. Bowden
Dallos, Jozsef [Josef] (1905–1979), ophthalmologist, was born in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 January 1905, the eldest child of Sándor (Alexander) Dallos (1870–1952), headmaster of a high school for boys, and his wife, Margit (Margaret), née Mayer (1880–1959), daughter of a prosperous lawyer. His sister ...
