Person

Kett, William George (1887 - 1962)

Born
31 July 1887
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
1962
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Naturalist and Optometrist

Summary

William Kett was an optometrist who for most of his career worked at the Mark Foy Department Store in Sydney. As a practitioner he advocated split lamp biomicroscopy and gonioscopy long before they became common practice. Kett played a key role in the establishment of the Australian Optometrical Association. One of his main concerns was the proper training of optometrists as a requirement for registration, and uniform standards of training across Australia. Having been involved in the passing of the New South Wales Registration Act in 1930, he was a member of the Registration Board for 20 years. He also served as Director of Education for the New South Wales Institute of Optometrists and as Chairman of the Education Committee of the Australian Optometrical Association. He was Editor for the Association of its journal, The Commonwealth optometrist (including under several name changes) between 1920 and 1962. Kett was a keen naturalist and was President of the Wildlife Society of Australia for 12 years from 1936.

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Chronology

1909 - 1947?
Career position - Optometrist, Mark Foy Department Store, Sydney
1914
Career event - Elected Fellow, Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers, London
1915 -
Career position - Member, Institute of Optometrists of New South Wales
1918 -
Career position - Member, Australian Optometrical Association
1920 - 1929
Career position - Editor, The Commonwealth optometrist
1925 - 1927
Career position - President, Australian Optometrical Association
1930 - 1950
Career position - Member, New South Wales Optometrists Registration Board
1930 - 1959
Career position - Editor, Australasian journal of optometry
1936 - 1948
Career position - President, Wildlife Society of Australia
1949 - 1962
Career position - Member of Council, New South Wales University of Technology
1957
Education - DSc, New South Wales University of Technology
1959 - 1962
Career position - Editor, Australian journal of optometry

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