Optician. Born Cambridge. Aged 17 apprenticed to an optician. Qualified with night-school study and began fitting contact lenses in 1934. Became a world specialist and published an early text book on the subject with F. Dickinson, 1946. Died Bergen.
See also Josef Dallos.
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Keith Clifford Hall
Keith Clifford Hall, FSMC, FAAO, DCLP, 1910 - 1964, pioneer in the fitting of...
The house was built on the site of the, supposedly holy, Bagnigge Wells (mineral springs) in 1678. Nell Gwynne was supposed to have lived in this house. The picture shows the house c. 1790. In th...
Surgeon and anatomist. Born Norfolk. Studied at St Thomas's. 1800 he was appointed surgeon to Guy's Hospital. Fellow of the Royal Society. Professor of comparative anatomy to the Royal College of S...
Doctor and politician. Born at 23 South Street, Greenwich. Following his Quaker principles, he gave up a potentially brilliant medical career in order to tend the sick and needy in Bermondsey. He a...
Initially they used some space at the HQ of the British Empire Cancer Campaign at 12 Grosvenor Crescent. In 1965 they moved to premises owned by the Royal Society of Medicine, Chandos House, Queen ...
Father of James Baldwin Wheeler. "Glover" - we think this means he was a member of the Glovers guild, rather than actually made gloves.
One of the three Bee Gees. A proud promoter of British heritage he campaigned for memorials to be erected, was President of Heritage Foundation, often turned up to unveil plaques, and had a very bi...
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