Elwin Marg
Elwin Marg (March 23, 1918 – July 15, 2010) was an American optometrist and neuroscientist at the University of California at Berkeley. He was the first to receive a PhD from UC Berkeley School of Optometry. It was he who gave the name electrooculogram, a technique for measurement of nerve impulse in the eye.
Elwin Marg | |
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| Born | March 23, 1918 Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | July 15, 2010 (aged 92) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California at Berkeley |
| Known for | Electrooculogram Mackay-Marg Tonometer Minerva Foundation |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience Optometry |
| Institutions | University of California at Berkeley |
He developed an improved tonometer that avoided use of anaesthetics for the first time in optometrical diagnosis. With his wife he established a non-profit neuroscience organisation, the Minerva Foundation in 1983.
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