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20 March 2025
Stephen Perry Clark BSc MCOptom Prof Cert Glauc Prof Cert LV Prof Cert Med Ret: 1967-2025
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25 October 2024
Richard Merlyn Pearson MPhil FCOptom DCLP DOrth: 1937-2024
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8 February 2024
Frank Ernest Barraclough FCOptom: 1929-2024
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5 February 2024
Helen Stanforth HonMCOptom: 1946-2023
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26 October 2023
Trevor Gwynne Morgan FCOptom: 1937-2023
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14 April 2023
Michael Redican FCOptom: 1939-2022
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15 March 2023
Richard Bertram Thorpe FCOptom: 1923-2023
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6 March 2023
Baroness Betty Boothroyd OM HonFCOptom: 1929-2023
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17 November 2022
Ronald James Shanks MacGregor FCOptom DOrth: 1934-2022
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3 November 2022
Professor Roger Buckley BM BCh MA PhD FRCS HonFRCOphth HonFCOptom: 1945-2022
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16 October 2022
Professor George Dallas Miller MBE FCOptom DCLP: 1928-2022
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