Dr. Edward Jackson

Edward T. Jackson , M.D. 1856-1942
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Dr. Jackson practiced medicine in West Chester from 1878. In 1894, the Jackson family came to Denver for treatment of his wife's tuberculosis. Dr. Jackson opened the Denver Eye Clinic in 1898.

Dr. Jackson's single most important contribution to the daily practice of Ophthalmology was the invention of the cross-cylinder test for astigmatism.
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Dr. Jackson was one of the first members of the Colorado Mountain Club in 1912.

The Jackson Memorial Lecture is named after Edward Jackson, MD, who was professor and chairman of ophthalmology at the University of Colorado, president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology in 1903, and the first chairman of what is now the American Board of Ophthalmology.

The Jackson Memorial Lecture is named after Edward Jackson, MD, who was professor and chairman of ophthalmology at the University of Colorado, president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology in 1903, and the first chairman of what is now the American Board of Ophthalmology.

Our founders, Edward Jackson, M.D. and Donald O'Rourke, M.D. were pioneers in the field, each developing tools and techniques that are still standards in modern Ophthalmology practice.
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Dr. Edward Jackson opens the Denver Eye Clinic and establishes Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Colorado

1907 Dr. Jackson invents the cross-cylinder test for astigmatism