Anthony J. Adams (October 12, 1940 – July 16, 2021) was an Australian-American

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. He was an

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of optometry and

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at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry, where he also served as dean from 1992 to 2001.

Education and career

Adams spent his childhood in

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and obtained a

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from the

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in December 1962. In the same year, he got a license in optometry from the Victorian College of Optometry. In 1963, he got an invitation to move to

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to obtain a Ph.D. under the supervision of Gordon Heath. In 1967, he joined the faculty of the UC Berkeley School of Optometry as an

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. Adams was

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for ''

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''.

Death

Adams died on 16 July 2021.

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* at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry 1940 births 2021 deaths American optometrists University of Melbourne alumni University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry faculty Australian emigrants to the United States Indiana University Bloomington alumni Medical journal editors Vision scientists Scientists from Melbourne People from Kew, Victoria {{US-med-bio-stub