Obituary Dr Norman Bier

The first person to receive an honorary lifetime membership from the BCLA and a developer of fenestrated scleral and corneal contact lenses, Dr Norman Bier, has died aged 88.

Bier had a long career, from the age of 16 when he worked in a Baker Street practice, qualifying as an optometrist at 21. Five years later he was awarded the patent 'Improvements in contact lens for personal wear' for fenestrated CLs. and is credited as one of the UK instigators of monovision CLs. He lectured extensively in hospitals and universities worldwide, retiring in 2002 after over 60 years of practice.