logologo-optometry

Prospectus of the examinations for the company's diploma in ophthalmic optics, including the higher diploma

Catalogue Number: 105
Prospectus of the examinations for the company's diploma in ophthalmic optics, including the higher diploma
Category: Papers
Sub-Category: Optometry course handbook, syllabi
Institution: WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF SPECTACLE MAKERS
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1961
Time Period: 1940 to 1999
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London
Publisher/Manufacturer: Apothecaries Hall
Description Of Item: Grey printed wrappers; 16 pages
Historical Significance: The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers was founded in 1629 and continues today. It was a craft guild for some 250 years, often not doing much, but in 1898 it began to offer courses of instruction and examination for persons desiring to become Fellows of the Company (FSMC) and trained opticians/optometrists, a function it handed to the British College of Optometrists in 1979.
How Acquired: Not known
Condition: Fine
Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 1

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