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Herman Snellen (February 19, 1834, Zeist
Zeist

Zeist is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, located east of the city of Utrecht ....
 - January 18, 1908) was a Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart
Snellen chart

A Snellen chart is an eye chart used by eye care professionals and others to measure visual acuity. Snellen charts are named after the Dutch ophthalmologist Herman Snellen who developed the chart in 1862....
 to study visual acuity
Visual acuity

Visual acuity is acuteness or clearness of visual perception, especially form vision, which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus within the eye and the sensitivity of the interpretative faculty of the brain....
 (1862). He took over directorship of the Netherlands Hospital for Eye Patients after Dr. Frans Cornelis Donders.








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Herman Snellen (February 19, 1834, Zeist
Zeist

Zeist is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, located east of the city of Utrecht ....
 - January 18, 1908) was a Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart
Snellen chart

A Snellen chart is an eye chart used by eye care professionals and others to measure visual acuity. Snellen charts are named after the Dutch ophthalmologist Herman Snellen who developed the chart in 1862....
 to study visual acuity
Visual acuity

Visual acuity is acuteness or clearness of visual perception, especially form vision, which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus within the eye and the sensitivity of the interpretative faculty of the brain....
 (1862). He took over directorship of the Netherlands Hospital for Eye Patients after Dr. Frans Cornelis Donders.

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