Dorothy Rose Adams was born in St Albans, Herts, on 12 April 1902, the first child of Harry Adams a contractor, and Miriam, nee Rose. She was educated at Claire House School, St Albans, and North London Collegiate School and gained an entrance exhibition to Girton College, Cambridge, in 1920. Dorothy Campbell had a brilliant university career, gaining first class honours in natural sciences as well as numerous medals and the Scientific and Industrial Research Studentship for research on Metabolism of the crystalline lens for the Glass Blowers' Cataract Committee of the Royal Society. Her clinical studies were carried out at University College, London, followed by a clinical assistantship at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital in 1927; house surgeon, Central London Ophthalmic Hospital, 1930-1931; ophthalmic surgeon, Hospital of St Cross, Rugby, 1931-1937 and she became assistant surgeon Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital, 1934-1940. Mrs Campbell was an ophthalmic surgeon in the EMS for Coventry, Warwick, Leamington and Nuneaton, from 1939 to 1944 and was ophthalmic surgeon at the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital from 1937 to 1962. There were few ophthalmic committees, councils or associations with which Dorothy Campbell was not associated. She examined for the DOMS, was a member, treasurer, vice-president or president of many societies and congresses, including the Ophthalmic Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, the Ministry of Health and the Royal National Institute for the Blind. She lectured in many universities and hospitals from 1944 to 1964; her researches into the causes of blindness were carried out under the MRC (1927-1930); the Ross Foundation, Edinburgh; and Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital between 1945 and 1965. Dorothy Adams married George Campbell MA, BM BCh Oxford in 1931 and they had a daughter and a son. In spite of her very full life and her husband's general practice they both managed to find time for their life-long enthusiasm for small boat sailing, chiefly in the Royal Corinthian 1 design class in Burnham-on-Crouch. They were also keen horse riders. Dorothy Campbell died in her eightieth year in South Petherton Hospital on 12 March 1982. She was survived by her husband, daughter, son and two grandchildren.