Penhryn Frances Thomas and Kenneth Bell
 Catalogue Number: 1489 Penhryn Frances Thomas and Kenneth Bell Category: Photographs Sub-Category: Photograph People and events Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1997 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Sydney Description Of Item: Black and white photograph in electronic jpeg fomat only of Penhryn Thomas, photographed with Ken Bell, long term Secretary of the Contact Lens Society of Australia, holding a framed certificiate of the Distinguished Service award of the Contact Lens Society dated 1997 Historical Significance: Pen Thomas was one of the founders of the Contact Lens Society of Australia and one of the leaders in the field of contact lenses in the 1940s to the late 1970s. Ken Bell ASTC graduated in optometry from the Sydney Technical College in 1952 and became Honorary Secretary of the Contact Lens Society of Australia in 1969 and served in that role with great distinction until 2009. Penhryn Thomas BSc Opt Sc FAAO FIO (1918-2010) was a Sydney optometrist, who qualified in optometry at the Sydney Technical College in 1939 and was one of the pioneers of contact lens practice in Australia. He fitted haptic contact lenses in the 1940s. Later, he designed, produced and marketed his own corneal contact lens designs and taught many optometrists how to fit contact lenses in the 1950s to the 1970s. See Pen Thomas' obituary Clin Exp Optom 2010; 93: 273-275. which is also on this web site. See profile of Ken Bell Clin Exp Optom 2009; 92:455-458 How Acquired: Donated by Optometrists Association Australia Date Acquired: May 2010 Location: Archive computer iPhoto |