Background
Astbury, Nicholas John was born on February 21, 1949 in Parkstone, Dorset, England. Son of John Schonberg Astbury and Noel Hope Gunn.
Astbury, Nicholas John was born on February 21, 1949 in Parkstone, Dorset, England. Son of John Schonberg Astbury and Noel Hope Gunn.
Bachelor of Medicine, BChir, London University, 1972.
Senior house officer Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton, England, 1973—1975. Registrar St. Thomas' Hospital, London, 1975—1976, Westminster Hospital, London, 1976—1977. Resident surgical officer Moorfields Eye Hospital, 1977—1980.
Consultant ophthalmologist Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana, 1981. Senior registrar Kings College Hospital, London, 1981—1982. Consultant ophthalmologist Norfolk and Norwich (England) University Hospital, since 1983.
Honorary senior lecturer University East Anglia, School Health, since 1997. Associate professor St. Georges University International School Medicine, Grenada, since 2003.
Fellow: Royal College Ophthalmologists (president 2003-2006), Royal College Surgeons of England. Member: Academy Medical Royal Colleges, Royal Society Medicine.
Married Susan Patricia Whall, June 27, 1970. Children: Victoria, Timothy, Tessa, Jack.