Haripada Adhikary was an ophthalmologist at the Royal Preston Hospital. He was born in 1941 in pre-partition India in the small village of Rampal in the district of Khulna, the son of Upendra Nath Adhikary and Kalidasi Adhikary. He initially worked as a mathematics teacher, but later studied medicin

John Richard Havers-Strong, generally known as Richard Strong, was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Conquest Hospital, St Leonards-on-Sea. Educated at Oundle School and Queens' College, Cambridge, where his father had attended 30 years previously, Richard became energetically involved in rowing, c

As head of the department of ophthalmology at the University of Bristol David Easty was responsible for developing the UK’s first nationwide eye bank. He was born on 6 August 1933, the son of Arthur Victor Easty, an engineer, and Florence Margaret Easty née Kennedy, a nurse. His great-grandfather, T

John Lee was one of the world's most eminent ophthalmologists. A consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital for 25 years, he was also the eighth president of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. He was particularly known for his use of 'botox' or botulinum toxin in the management of str

James Finbarr ‘Barry’ Cullen, a consultant ophthalmologist at the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary, was one of the great names in ophthalmology, though he would never have thought that of himself. He was born in Cavan, Ireland, on 13 July 1928, the son of Bernard Thomas ‘Bertie’ Cullen, a GP, and Maura Cul