Ronald Ivor Thomas Lloyd was born on 25 May 1907 and educated at Bradford Grammar School, after which he joined his father as an optician, qualifying FBOA with honours. Later his father encouraged him to proceed to medical qualifications and he entered Leeds University Medical School in 1936, continuing to work part time as an optician. Despite this encroachment on his time for medical studies he had a brilliant academic career. He took the chemistry and physics prize in his first MB examination, the anatomy prize in the second MB, and later the surgical anatomy prize. He graduated with second class honours in 1941, taking the Hillman and Butterworth Prizes in medicine and surgery. At Leeds General Infirmary he held appointments successively as house surgeon, house physician, and junior casualty officer. He was a demonstrator in anatomy in 1942 and senior casualty officer in 1943. In 1944 he became FRCS. The following year he took an appointment as ophthalmic house surgeon at Stoke and then returned to Leeds as resident ophthalmic officer. In 1946 he was appointed ophthalmic surgeon to the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital at Bradford Royal Infirmary in 1965, where he later became senior consultant. He held this post until his retirement in 1972. He was elected a member of the Faculty of Ophthalmologists, and was secretary of the North of England Ophthalmological Society from 1961 to 1973. His recreations were golf and fishing, in both of which he excelled. In addition he was a fully qualified pilot. He was married and had two sons. He died on 16 December 1977, aged 70 years.