An optician is an individual who fits glasses or contact lenses by filling a refractive prescription from an optometrist or ophthalmologist. They are able...

French bericle. Benito Daza de Valdes published the first full book on opticians in 1623, where he mentioned the use and fitting of eyeglasses. In 1692...

Zealand, Canada, and the Nordic countries. The chain offers optometry and optician services for eyesight testing and sells glasses, sunglasses, and contact...

who carried on the business, was also known as an instrument maker and optician. He was the eldest surviving son of Morris Adams, a cook, and his wife...

equipment optician is an individual who makes and adjusts other optical aids, including telescope optics and microscope lenses. See also Optician for individuals...

The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) is the main professional association for opticians in the UK. ABDO was formed in 1986 from the...

Boots Opticians Limited operates a chain of ophthalmic and dispensing optician stores in the United Kingdom. The company is a subsidiary of Walgreens Boots...

William Wales (c. 1838 – September 15, 1907) was an English-American optical instrument inventor specializing in the manufacture of objectives for use...

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220 practices across the United Kingdom by 2007. In May 2008 Batemans Opticians was acquired, which comprised a seventy-five practice chain in Southern...

Carl Kellner (March 26, 1826 – May 13, 1855) was a German mechanic and self-educated mathematician who founded in 1849 an "Optical Institute" that later...

William Jones (1762–1831) was an English maker of optical and other scientific instruments, who had Thomas Jefferson among his customers in London. He...

Raymond Neil Wilson (23 March 1928 – 16 March 2018) was an English physicist and telescope optics designer, best known for pioneering the use of active...

two largest eyewear retailers in the United States. The Pearle chain of opticians in Europe is now part of Grandvision and has more than 1000 branches in...

such as iron oxide and zirconia. For hobbyists, it is also known as "opticians' rouge". In its other main application, CeO2 is used to decolorize glass...

California Ritchey, Missouri George Willis Ritchey (1864–1945), American optician, telescope maker and astronomer Tom Ritchey (born 1956), American bike...

The Federation of Manufacturing Opticians is a trade body for manufacturers of ophthalmic examination technology established in 1917. It claims to be...

oldest chains of retail opticians in the United Kingdom, having been established in 1750. The business was absorbed into Boots Opticians in 2009 and stores...

John Cuff (c. 1708 – c. 1772) was an important English scientific instrument maker, particularly of microscopes. He was apprenticed to the optical instrument...

dispensing opticians was surrendered to the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO). In 1986, the power of examination for dispensing opticians was...

Dollond FRS (21 June [O.S. 10 June] 1706 – 30 November 1761) was an English optician, known for his successful optics business and his patenting and commercialization...

Hassan's Optician Co. is a retail/wholesale company of eyewear, hearing aid and jewellery primarily based in Kuwait with branches in Oman, Lebanon, UK...

George Adams may refer to: George Gammon Adams (1821–1898), English portrait sculptor and medallist George G. Adams (architect) (1850–1932), American architect...

Ferry, outside of Dundee, Scotland. Her father and grandfather owned an opticians' business, and her mother worked as a wardrobe mistress at Dundee Rep...

(Persian: کریم حکیمی) (born 1933) is an Iranian-Canadian entrepreneur and optician, known for founding Hakim Optical, a large chain of eyeglass stores across...

Yrjö Väisälä (Finnish: [ˈyrjø ˈʋæi̯sælæ] ; 6 September 1891 – 21 July 1971) was a Finnish astronomer and physicist. His main contributions were in the...

to "Optometrist" on its "Fuller" record while retaining the Shop type "Optician" on its "Davidson" record. This would imply contradictory answers to the...

Thomas Blunt (died 1823) was an English instrument maker, of scientific, optical and mathematical instruments. Blunt was apprenticed in 1760 to Edward...

The Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Registration Board of Nigeria (ODORBN) is a government agency responsible for regulating the practice of optometry...

in 2002. Boots Opticians Ltd was formed in 1987, with the acquisition of Clement Clarke Ltd and Curry and Paxton Ltd. Boots Opticians became the UK's...