Background
Forrester, John Vincent was born on September 11, 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Forrester, John Vincent was born on September 11, 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Doctor of Medicine with honors, Glasgow University, 1980.
Member National Health Service, Glasgow, 1970—1973, registrar to senior registrar, 1973—1979, consultant ophthalmologist, since 1979. Cockburn chair, ophthalmology University Aberdeen, Scotland, since 1984. Editor British Journal Ophthalmology, 1992—2000.
Spinoza professor University Amsterdam, 1997. Master Oxford Ophthalmological Congress, 2000—2002.
Fellow: Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh). Member: Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh), FARVO, Forza Italia Biological, FRSE, European Association Vision & Eye Research (president 2002), F Medical Sciences (London), Royal College Ophthalmologists (London).
Married Anne Gray; 4 children.