Allvar Gullstrand was born in 1862 in the Swedish town of Landkroma where his father was the principal municipal medical officer. He subsequently attended the grammar school in the more northerly town of Jönköping where he was tutored in elements of mathematics that would later be a key element of his research work.
Between 1885 and 1888, Allvar Gullstrand studied medicine, following the career of his father and it seemed appropriate to select the speciality of ophthalmology since this could utilise specifics of mathematics that he had previously acquired.
After qualifying, he took up a post in the Seraphim Hospital in Stockholm. Being ambitious within the sphere of academic achievement his doctorate thesis, entitled Contribution to the theory of astigmatism, re-examined the prevailing models of astigmatism and was well received when published in 1890.
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