Josef Lederer (optician)

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Josef Lederer (born December 24, 1921 in Vienna ; † June 4, 2007 ) was an Austro-Australian professor of optometry .

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Leder was born the son of a Jewish lawyer and grew up in Vienna. After the annexation of Austria to the Nazi Germany , the family emigrated first to Haifa and came in January 1939 and to Australia. He studied optometry at Sydney Technical College and physiology at the University of Sydney . From 1945 he was a lecturer at Sydney Technical College, from 1951 at the New South Wales University of Technology . There he was appointed Associate Professor in 1959. In 1976 he was the founding professor of the chair for optometry, which he held until 1982.

Lederer became known for his work on aids for the visually impaired, especially for his designs for visual aids. The New South Wales Division of the Australian Optometrical Association presented the Lederer Award for Excellence in Optometry in memory of his work .

literature

  • Encyclopedia of Australian Science. University Press, Melbourne 2005 ff.
  • Barry L. Cole: Obituary Emeritus Professor Josef Lederer 1921–2007. In: Clinical and Experimental Optometry. Vol. 90, Issue 5, 2007, ISSN  0816-4622 , pp. 388-389.
personal data
SURNAME Lederer, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-Australian professor of optometry
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 2007