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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2021-11-11 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005708b.htm person Travers Thomas A'Beckett AACR2 16 August 1902 1999 Place of Birth Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Ophthalmologist Tom Travers was a pioneer of corneal transplants in Australia and was the first to do them in large numbers, from 1948. After gaining his specialist qualifications in the United Kingdom, he became consultant to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, concurrently undertaking research in strabismus. From this study he practised not only occlusion but also early surgery for strabismus. In the 1940s he adopted the technique of intracapscular cataract extraction with sutured closure, made safer by his use of relaxant general anaesthesia. This allowed a rapid recovery time and became the standard procedure in Australia for generation. Submissions made by Travers to the Victorian Government contributed to the passing of the Corneal Grafting Act 1956 which regularised the donation of eyes. 1925 1925 Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne 1930 1930 Education - Diploma of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom 1935 1935 Award - Curzon Prize, British Medical Association 1941 1941 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1946 1962 Career position - Honorary Ophthalmologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital 1960 1961 Career position - President, Ophthalmological Society of Australia 1962 1972 Career position - Consulting Ophthalmologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital 1972 1972 Award - Knight bachelor (Kt) Royal Melbourne Hospital (1935 - )

Honorary (later Consulting) Ophthalmologist 1946 - 1972

 Travers, Thomas A'Beckett (19020816-19991231)

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 'Travers, Thomas A'Beckett (Tom)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Travers, Thomas A'Beckett (Tom) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary: Thomas a'Beckett Travers Crawford, B. A. Obituary: Thomas a'Beckett Travers 1999 Australian Journal of Ophthalmology 27 448-9 Journal Article: History of corneal transplantation in Australia Coster, Douglas J. History of corneal transplantation in Australia 2015 Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 43 268-76