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John Taylor

male
"Chevalier" John Taylor (1703-1772) was the first in a long line of British eye surgeons. While there is some evidence that he showed promise as an... More
Charles Kelman

Charles Kelman

male, deceased (2004)
Charles D. Kelman (May 23, 1930 - June 1, 2004) was an ophthalmologist and a pioneer in cataract surgery. Kelman was born in Brooklyn, New York to... More
Patricia Bath

Patricia Bath

female, 65 years old
Patricia Era Bath (born November 4, 1942, Harlem, New York) is an ophthalmologist credited as the first African American woman doctor to receive a... More
Warren Tay

Warren Tay

male, deceased (1927)
Warren Tay (1843- May 15, 1927) was a British ophthalmologist who in 1881 first described the red spot on the retina of the eye, which is present... More
William Bowman

William Bowman

male, deceased (1892)
Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (July 20, 1816 - March 29, 1892) was a British surgeon, histologist & anatomist. He is most famous for his research... More
Jonathan Hutchinson

Jonathan Hutchinson

male, deceased (1913)
Sir Jonathan Hutchinson (1828-1913), English surgeon, ophthalmologist, dermatologist, venereologist and pathologist, was born on 23 July 1828 at... More
Walter Rudolf Hess

Walter Rudolf Hess

male, deceased (1973)
Walter Rudolf Hess (March 17, 1881 - August 12, 1973) was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for... More
Shinobu Ishihara

Shinobu Ishihara

male, deceased (1963)
was a Japanese ophthalmologist who created the Ishihara color test to detect colour blindness. Shinobu graduated from medicine in 1905 on a... More
William Cheselden

William Cheselden

male, deceased (1752)
William Cheselden (October 19, 1688 - April 10, 1752) was an English surgeon and teacher of anatomy and surgery, who was influential in... More
John Freke

John Freke

male, deceased (1756)
John Freke (1688-1756) was an English surgeon. Together with Percival Pott he was instrumental in separating the profession of surgeon from that of... More