Bickerton, Thomas Herbert (1858-1933), Ophthalmic Surgeon, Liverpool

Correspondence and papers, mainly concerning professional matters. The papers reflect Bickerton's interest in colour blindness, and his studies of seamen and railwaymen in this respect. Also his work at Liverpool Medical Institution is well documented, with details of opthalmic surgery and case photographs surviving.

Thomas Herbert Bickerton (1858-1933), was a distinguished opthalmologist. He also wrote a Medical history of Liverpool from the earliest days to the year 1920 published by his son in 1936. 1886-1919 Ophthalmic Surgeon, Liverpool Royal Infirmary 1923 President of the Liverpool Royal Infirmary 1926 elected F.R.C.S. See obituary in the British Medical Journal 1933 ii, p. 1050.