Charles Skinner Hallpike C.B.E., F.R.S., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.

Norman Henry Ashton, CBE, DSC(Lond), FRCP, FRCS, FRCPath, FRCOphth, FRS, KSTJ (1913-2000).

L ast year began with the loss of a very dear friend and colleague who had been an internationally renowned leader in ophthalmic pathology, Professor Norman H. Ashton of London (England). Of humble origins, young Norman left school at age 16 years to begin working as a laboratory assistant in a West London hospital. Subsequently, the head of the laboratory further encouraged Ashton’s interest i...

Charles Skinner Hallpike: 19 July 1900-26 September 1979.

Lionel Sharples Penrose (1898-1972), MA,MD,DSc,FRCP,FRS.

Professor Robert McNeill Alexander CBE FRS (1934-2016).

Robert McNeill Alexander, known to friends and colleagues as 'Neill', was a zoologist with an engineer's eye for how animals work. He used mathematical models to show how evolution has produced optimal designs. His skill was to choose appropriate models: realistic enough to contain the essence of a problem and yet simple enough to be tractable. He wrote fluently and easily: 23 books, 280 papers...

Sir Nicholas Harold Ridley, Kt, MD, FRCS, FRS: contributions in addition to the intraocular lens.

Most obituaries are crafted to provide a brief biographical sketch of an individual, to list his or her accomplishments and honors, and to express gratitude to the deceased. In this memorial to Sir Harold as well as another obituary covering different facts of his life published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, we have chosen a diverse course. Our purpose here is not only to honor him,...