Frederic A. Woll (1874-1955), Optometric Practitioner, Educator, and Author

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2011-04

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Optometric Historical Society

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Frederic Albert Woll (1874-1955) had a distinguished career in optometry and as a member of the faculty in the Department of Hygiene at City College of New York. Woll was an optometry instructor for many years at Columbia University and wrote four books significant in optometry. He played a pivotal role in the establishment of standards in optometric education and in the evaluation of optometry schools in the 1920s and 1930s.

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optometric educaiton, optometry books, optometry history

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Goss, DA. (2011). Frederic A. Woll (1874-1955), Optometric Practitioner, Educator, and Author. Hindsight : newsletter of the Optometric Historical Society. 42(2), 63-66.

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