Fred Hollow - Timeline of a Celebrated Eye Doctor

FRED HOLLOW

1929- born in Dunedin
1958-married his first wife
1961-studied ophthalmology at Moorfields eye hospital in England
1965 -move to Australia where he became a professor of Opthalmology
1965- 1992- Hollows was the chair of the Opthalmology division
1980-Fred married his second wife Gabi
1989-Fred was diagnosed with cancer
1992- Travelled to Vietnam with an eye team all prepared to hold an eye surgery workshop.
1992- founded the Fred hollows foundation
1993-Died from Cancer



Turning point:
Growing up he wanted to become a missionary, but after doing some charity work he realised how many people are suffering from eye illnesses due to not having money. He decided to then dedicate his life to helping people with medical eye conditions and enrolled himself into Otago medical school.

Achievement:
Fred hollows travelled over Australia visiting 465 indigenous towns, curing approximately 6000 people.
He established his foundation which trained 7000 eye doctors to perform modern eye surgery. After his death, his foundation went on to open modern intraocular lens factories in Nepal and Eritrea, selling lenses for a low affordable price to help people with cataract blindness.

George Owell- Timeline of a Well-known Author

George Orwell

1903 - was born in India
1911 -  went to school
1917 -  won a scholarship
1921 -  joined the police force
1927 - resigned from the police forces
1928 - journeyed to Paris
1932 -1933 - Orwell worked as a teacher
1933- He published his first book 
1934- He got a part-time job in a bookshop
1934- He published his first novel
1936- He got married to his first wife
1938- Health deteriorated due to suffering from tuberculosis
1945- Orwell published his great satire Animal farm
1949- He published his masterpiece 1984 
1949- He married his second wife Sonia
1950- Orwell passed away 

Turning point:
In 1917 he joined the British police in Burma, however, growing dissatisfied he afterwards resigned in 1927.
He then decided to pursue writing.

Achievements:
He is well-known for his masterpieces Animal farm and 1984.