A. M. Skeffington

Arthur Marten Skeffington (1890 - 1976) was an American optometrist known to some as "the father of behavioral optometry".[1][2] Skeffington has been credited as co-founding the Optometric Extension Program with E.B. Alexander in 1928.[2] In the mid-1950s, Skeffington first diagrammed his "four circles" model of describing visual processing.[3]

  1. ^ http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/ngcoba/sk.htm [Note: Confirms dates of birth and death - "Arthur Marten SKEFFINGTON (M: 1890 - 1976)".
  2. ^ a b "A.M. Skeffington, O.D.: The Father of Behavioral Optometry." Archived October 17, 2006, at the Wayback Machine Visionaries (Reprinted from January–December 1991 Issues of Review of Optometry). Retrieved September 19, 2006.
  3. ^ Merrill D. Bouwan (August 8, 1999). "Integrating Vision with Other Senses". Neurodevelopmental Optometry. Retrieved November 18, 2018.