Harold Ridley (ophthalmologist)

Harold Ridley
Born
Nicholas Harold Lloyd Ridley

(1906-07-10)10 July 1906
Kibworth, England
Died25 May 2001(2001-05-25) (aged 94)
Salisbury, England
Resting placeSwinstead, England
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materPembroke College, Cambridge
Known forIntraocular lens
Spouse(s)Elisabeth Jane Wetherill,[2] August 16, 1916 to 19 March 2010.
ChildrenMargaret Ridley
Nicholas Charles Wetherill Ridley
David Ridley[2]
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society[1]
Knight Bachelor
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
St Thomas' Hospital
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Sir Nicholas Harold Lloyd Ridley[1][3] (10 July 1906 – 25 May 2001) was an English ophthalmologist who invented the intraocular lens and pioneered intraocular lens surgery for cataract patients.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b Apple, D. J. (2007). "Nicholas Harold Lloyd Ridley 10 July 1906 -- 25 May 2001: Elected FRS 1986". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 53: 285–307. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2007.0022. PMID 18543467.
  2. ^ a b Apple, David J. (2006). Sir Harold Ridley and his fight for sight: he changed the world so that we may better see it. Thorofare, NJ: Slack. ISBN 978-1-55642-786-2.
  3. ^ Sir Nicholas Harold Lloyd Ridley at Britannica.com
  4. ^ Apple, David J (2006). Sir Harold Ridley and his fight for sight. SLACK incorporated. ISBN 978-1-55642-786-2.
  5. ^ Williams, H. P. (2001). "Sir Harold Ridley's vision". British Journal of Ophthalmology. 85 (9): 1022–1023. doi:10.1136/bjo.85.9.1022. PMC 1724118. PMID 11520745.
  6. ^ Apple, D. J. (1999). "Harold Ridley, MA, MD, FRCS". Archives of Ophthalmology. 117 (6): 827–828. doi:10.1001/archopht.117.6.827. PMID 10369599.