Charles Cory was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon in east Surrey. He was born in 1932, the son of John Walter Edward Cory, a doctor. He was educated at Epsom College and then studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and King's College Hospital Medical School, London. Shortly after qualifying, he held a tem

In many countries, less than 30 years ago it was possible to become a senior ophthalmologist, even a professor, without ever having passed a postgraduate examination in the specialty. Peter Watson, a consultant ophthalmologist at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and Moorfields in London, changed a