Harvey James Howard (1880–1956) was an American ophthalmologist. He was notable for: * Serving as head of the Ophthalmology Department at the University Medical School, Canton Christian College in China between 1910 and 1915. * Inventing the Howard-Dolman apparatus for measuring the accuracy of perception of distance while serving as a captain in the US Army during

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. * Serving as head of the Department of Ophthalmology at

Peking Union Medical College Peking Union Medical College (), founded in 1906, is a selective public medical college based in Dongcheng, Beijing, China. It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Double First Class University Plan university. The school is tied to the Peking Un ...

between 1917 and 1927. * Serving as ophthalmologist to

Pu Yi Aisin-Gioro Puyi (; 7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), courtesy name Yaozhi (曜之), was the last emperor of China as the eleventh and final Qing dynasty monarch. He became emperor at the age of two in 1908, but was forced to abdicate on 1 ...

, the boy emperor in the Forbidden City, between 1921 and 1925. * Being kidnapped, with his son, by Manchurian bandits in 1925 and escaping after ten weeks with the help of the Chinese army.http://historyhappenshere.org/node/6947 * Becoming the foundation Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at

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in 1927. Howard's research was on

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and on

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American ophthalmologists 1880 births 1956 deaths Washington University School of Medicine faculty {{Scientist-stub