MIDDLE MORE

Richard (son of Richard Middle more of The Davids, North field). b. 12 Oct. 1804; L.S.A. 1825; M.R.C.S. 1827; an ophthalmic surgeon at Temple Row, Birmingham 1827, retired 1879; a ist. surgeon Birmingham and Midland eye hospital 1828, and hon. surgeon 1835–49, gave £1000 for an annual lecture there 1888; hon. F.R.C.S. 1843; a founder of the blind asylum at Edgbaston 1848 which he endowed with £2000 in 1889; founded a prize for an e ay on improvements in ophthalmic medicine and surgery, to be awarded by British Medical a oc. 1877; author of A treatise on diseases of the eye and its appendages 2 vols. 1835. d. The Limes, Bristol road, Birmingham 1 March 1891. Lancet 7 March 1891 p. 579.