Formed as the London Refraction Hospital (or the Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians), became the Institute of Optometry in 1988.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
First refraction hospital in the world
Commemorated ati
Institute of Optometry
In the correspondence pages of the 1927 BMJ the man named on the plaque, Fran...
Other Subjects
Sir Alexander Fleming
Born Lochfield, Scotland. Pharmacologist and bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1927. However he did not realise the significance and it was not until 1940 that Florey and Chain demonstrat...
Dr. Louisa Garrett Anderson
Born Aldeburgh, Suffolk. CBE MD. Daughter of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and niece of Millicent Fawcett. Suffragette. Established and ran the Endell Street Military Hospital. The picture shows Ander...
John Hughlings Jackson
Physician specialising in a type of epilepsy. Born Yorkshire. Died at home at 3 Manchester Square.
Henry Stephens
Doctor and Inventor. Born Finchley. He invented an indelible blue-black ink. Not to be confused with his son Henry Charles 'Inky' Stephens.
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them