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.
Details
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
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Cole, Barry, 'Profile: William George Kett', Clinical and Experimental Optometry 83(5):283-, 83 (5) (2000), 283-7, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-0938.2000.tb05018.x. Details
- Simon, V. C., 'Mr W. G. Kett honoured', Australian journal of optometry, 40 (5) (1057), 203, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-0938.1957.tb02640.x. Details
- Wenborn, W. I., 'A tribute to William G. Kett', Australian journal of optometry, 40 (5) (1957), 228, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-0938.1957.tb02643.x. Details
- Wenborn, W. I., 'William George Kett, 1887 to 1962', Australian journal of optometry, 45 (4) (1962), 88-93, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-0938.1962.tb01633.x. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 18 February 2025