![Sir Harold Ridley and his Fight for Sight: He changed the world so that we may better see it [book cover]](images/Book_Cov.gif "Sir Harold Ridley and his Fight for Sight: He changed the world so that we may better see it [book cover]")
Harold Ridley was born on July 10, 1906 in Kibworth, Beauchamp in Leicestershire. Ridley attended Pembroke College from 1924-1927 and completed basic medical training in 1930 at Saint Thomas' Hospital. In 1938 Ridley was appointed full surgeon and consultant at Moorfields Hospital and later appointed consulted surgeon in 1946.
In 1949, Ridley performed the first cataract IOL operation at Saint Thomas' Hospital in London. In 1952 the first IOL implant was performed in the United States. Ridley retired from hospital service in 1971 and received numerous awards over the next 29 years. In February 2000, Harold Ridley was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in London. Sir Harold Ridley resided in the United Kindom until has passing on May 25, 2001.
