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Lowe, Ronald Francis Hinde (1913 - 1998)
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Ophthalmologist
Born: 14 November 1913  Melbourne?, Victoria, Australia.  Died: 26 March 1998.
Ronald Francis H. Lowe worked at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital for nearly twenty years from 1955. He held many positions there including Dean of the Clinical School from 1962 -1968. Lowe published widely in the field of ophthalmology but with particular emphasis on glaucoma. In 1982 thte Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital's Medical Library was named the Ronald Lowe Library in his honour.
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Chronology
1934Educated at Melbourne College of Pharmacy (PhC)
1939Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
1941 - 1946Military service with the Australian Army Medical Corps
1945Doctor of Ophthalmology (DO) completed at the University of Melbourne
1955 - Member of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Management Board
1955 - 1973Honorary Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
1962 - 1970Dean of the Clinical School at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
1963 - Officer in Charge of the Glaucoma Unit
1966Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Melbourne
1968 - 1972President of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology
1972 - 1973President of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists
1980 - 1986Chairman of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
1996Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists' medal received

 
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Created: 20 October 1993
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Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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