author
F. W. (Frederick William) Edridge-Green
1863–1953
A British doctor and researcher who devoted much of his career to the puzzles of sight, he became especially known for his work on colour vision and colour blindness. His books brought together medical training, experiment, and a strong interest in how people actually perceive light and colour.
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The Hunterian lectures on colour-vision and colour-blindness
by F. W. (Frederick William) Edridge-Green
About the author
Born in 1863, he trained in medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and took his M.D. at Durham University, later also studying at St John’s College, Cambridge. His career became closely tied to original research on vision, especially colour perception and colour blindness.
He wrote extensively on these subjects, including Colour-Blindness and Colour-Perception, The Physiology of Vision, and the Hunterian lectures on colour vision and colour blindness. Contemporary records also describe him as a special examiner and adviser to the British Board of Trade on colour vision and eyesight, reflecting how practical his work was for transport and safety as well as medicine.
Edridge-Green died in 1953. The Royal College of Surgeons records that he left money to found an annual lecture on vision or colour vision, a lasting sign of how strongly his name remained connected with the study of sight.