Erection date: 1997
Keith Clifford Hall, FSMC, FAAO, DCLP, 1910 - 1964, pioneer in the fitting of contact lenses, practised here, 1945 - 1964.
British Contact Lens Association, 1997
City of Westminster
W1, Park Lane, 140
Hall opened consulting rooms at number 139 in 1945 and when his practice needed more space moved next door into the 6th floor of number 140.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
K. C. Hall
Optician. Born Cambridge. Aged 17 apprenticed to an optician. Qualified wi...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
K. C. Hall
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