Charles Edward Allen Cragg, known as ‘Ted’, was an ophthalmologist in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Hampstead, London, on 30 July 1920, the son of two Canadians, Cecil Claude Cragg, a doctor, and his wife Florence Everilda (‘Hilda’) Cragg née Mitford. The family returned to Canada and Cragg attended Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School, Ontario. He played rugby and basketball and, in 1937, he was proclaimed the ‘best all-round boy’ in the school’s yearbook. He attended Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, qualifying in 1943. He also passed the licentiate in medicine and surgery in 1947, awarded by the Nova Scotia Provincial Medical Board. He went to the UK for further training and spent four years at Moorfields, Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Oxford Eye hospitals. He subsequently returned to his home town of Peterborough, where he established a busy practice. He was also involved with the Canadian Institute for the Blind and the Canadian Ophthalmological Society. Cragg died on 1 March 2005 at the age of 84 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was survived by his wife Florence (née Trebilcock), children Paul and Elizabeth, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. His family established the Parkinson Society Ted Cragg award at Trent University, Ontario, in recognition of his contribution to the community.