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Here we acknowledge the unrivalled contribution of a few key individuals to the work of the museum, the improvement of the BOA collections and furthering the wider understanding of optometric history. Several of them, but by no means all, have been members of the College.
Early 20th c.
W.B. (Bill) Barker (1883-1950) helped John Sutcliffe with many aspects of the museum and journeyed with him to view historic optical collections on the continent such as that of the German Professor Von Pflugk
1960s
Mr Wagstaff produced the first listing of the ophthalmic instruments in the collection
1970s
Paul Fairbanks researched vast swathes of the subject but left particularly useful notes on silver spectacles and eskimo snow goggles
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Ronald MacGregor FCOptom, our adviser in Scotland, has been responsible for identifying the significance of some of our most important items, most notably for confirming the authenticity of our Scarlett-type spectacles and for repairing and restoring a number of pieces such as Storer's Syllepsis glasses. A former adviser to Christies, he also performed the valuation of the collection for insurance purposes in 2000
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Frank Barraclough FCOptom has been a constant source of advice and knowledge contributing particular expertise on opera glasses and optical fans as well as acting as our field agent for the South Coast and assisting with group visits to the museum. In this picture he is helping to list the ABDO collection on behalf of our fellow professional body
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Richard Keeler has been for some time the museum's primary adviser on ophthalmic instruments. He contributed the section on ophthalmoscopes for this website. As Honorary Curator of the collections at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists he also provides a subject link with the medical eye professions
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1990s-Present
Frank Norville HonFCOptom- for help and advice concerning optical manufacturing and ophthalmic lenses
Henri Obstfeld - for help and advice concerning ophthalmic lenses and for Dutch translation
Douglas Thomson - for help with diseased eye models
Professor R.J. Fletcher FCOptom, DCLP, DOrth - for general advice, especially concerning colour vision
Valerie Mellor - for general help and special aid in listing the antique prints as well as French and Italian translation
Philip Freeman FCOptom- for general help with both the object collections and the archives
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Tim Bowden and Andrew Gasson FCOptom, DCLP have made a massive contribution as special subject advisers to the Contact Lens Collection
Also, Elisabeth Lowe FCOptom, Michael Mellor and our Open House Stewards
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The Museum is always interested to hear from College members, students or members of the public interested in volunteer opportunites, placements or unpaid work experience
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