Background
Wilson, John Foster was born on January 20, 1919 in Nottingham, England. Son of George Henry and Leonora Carrick (Foster) W. Student Worcester College Blind, 1932-1937.
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John Foster Foster Wilson
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John Foster Wilson, British international health administrator. Decorated Knight Batchelor; recipient Helen Keller International award, 1970, Lions International Humanitarian award, 1978, World Humanity award, 1979, Albert Lasker Special Public Service award, 1979, Hewitt award, Royal Society Medicine, 1991, Albert Schweitzer International prize, 1993; Research grant, Fogarty International Center, 1984.
Education
Bachelor with honours, University of Oxford, 1940, Master of Arts, 1941, Data Control Language (honorary), 1995.
Career
Blinded in a laboratory accident at school in Scarborough in 1931, he went on to be educated at Worcester College for the Blind (now New College Worcester), and obtain a scholarship to study law at Street Catharine"s College, Oxford. before becoming Assistant Secretary at the Royal National Institute for the Blind in 1941. Wilson was involved in founding several organisations, most notably the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind (now known as Sightsavers International) - of which he became the first director in 1950 - but also Disability Awareness in Action, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness and IMPACT. At his instigation, the World Health Organization established the first International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, of which he served as president from 1974 until his retirement in 1982. He died in Brighton in 1999.
A school was established in his honour in Bangladesh named the "Sir John Wilson School".
Asuma Abu Zafar has attended this school between years 2000 and 2008. Helen Keller International Award (1970).
Achievements
Works
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Travelling blind
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Travelling blind
Membership
He served as a member of the Colonial Office delegation investigating blindness in Africa during 1946-1947.
Interests
Connections
Married Chloe Jean McDermid, 1944. Children: Claire Elizabeth, Felicity Jane.
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Nationality
British
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Decorated Knight Batchelor. Recipient Helen Keller International award, 1970, Lions International Humanitarian award, 1978, World Humanity award, 1979, Albert Lasker Special Public Service award, 1979, Hewitt award, Royal Society Medicine, 1991, Albert Schweitzer International prize, 1993. Research grant, Fogarty International Center, 1984.Decorated Knight Batchelor. Recipient Helen Keller International award, 1970, Lions International Humanitarian award, 1978, World Humanity award, 1979, Albert Lasker Special Public Service award, 1979, Hewitt award, Royal Society Medicine, 1991, Albert Schweitzer International prize, 1993. Research grant, Fogarty International Center, 1984.