Obituary: Alfred Lesser 1916-2014

Alfred Lesser the renowned ocular prosthetics specialist passed away in Haifa, Israel last September at the age of 98.

Alfred was born in Berlin, Germany in 1916.  When the Nazi regime took over in Germany, in 1933 his parents saw the writing on the wall and sent him to England, aged 17 to complete his schooling and matriculate in London.  Alfred then enrolled in the Northampton Poly (later the City University) to study ophthalmic optics.  He graduated with an excellent diploma qualifying with the British Optical Association and later took their higher diploma to become an FBOA HD.  In 1937 he opened up an ophthalmic practice in Leicester.