Background
Weale, Robert Alexander was born on September 13, 1922 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Arrived in United Kingdom, 1939. Son of Frederick Julius and Mary Weale.
Weale, Robert Alexander was born on September 13, 1922 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Arrived in United Kingdom, 1939. Son of Frederick Julius and Mary Weale.
Bachelor of Science, University London, 1944. Master of Science, University London, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1953.
Doctor of Science, University London, 1959. Master of Philosophy, University London, 1974.
Lecturer, S.W. Essex Technology College, 1947-1948;
science staff, Medical Research Council, 1948-1959;
chair department physiological optics, Institute Ophthalmology, 1959-1971;
chair, professor department visual science, Institute Ophthalmology, 1972-1987;
senior research fellow, King's College London, since 1987;
senior research fellow eye department, University College London, since 1993. Consultant Reuters, London, 1974-1987, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1978-1987. Art critic New Scientist, London, 1971-1978.
President Hampstead Science Society, since 1988.
(The Aging Eye.)
Member Athenaeum.
Married Margaret Elizabeth Drury. Children: Graham, Martin, Rosalind.