T. AUBREY BOWEN, OCULIST, 1837-93

T. Aubrey Bowen, Oculist, 1837-93: his bequests to English charities.

Thomas Aubrey Bowen was one of the first medically trained oculists to practise in Australia.' Born in Cradley, Worcestershire, he was the third son of a 'dissenting' Unitarian minister, the Reverend William Bowen, MA. His mother, born Marianne Priestley, was a granddaughter of the radical Reverend Joseph Priestley, LLD, FRS, the famous chemist. Aubrey Bowen began his medical training at Sydenh...

The royal oculist.

IN this fiftieth anniversary of the death of Carl Theodore, duke in Bavaria and accomplished eye-surgeon, it is perhaps fitting to recall this gentle and distinguished colleague, who, in the days when social lustre was so artlessly admired, added such panache to the world of ophthalmologists. Carl Theodore was born in 1839, the second son of Duke Maximilian and of the Duchess Ludovica, who was ...

Bowen-franks Groups as Conjugacy Invariants for T Automorphisms

The role of generalized Bowen-Franks groups (BF-groups) as topological conjugacy invariants for T automorphisms is studied. Using algebraic number theory, a link is established between equality of BFgroups for different automorphisms (BF -equivalence) and an identical position in a finite lattice (L-equivalence). Important cases of equivalence of the two conditions are proved. Finally, a topolo...

John Aubrey and the realm of learning

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