Recognition and Awards
Ridley received many awards in the last twenty years of his life.
He was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
In February 2000, Harold Ridley was knighted by HM Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London. This award was the culmination of years of lobbying work by Ridley's biographer (David J Apple), surgeon friends such as Emanuel Rosen and Thomas Neuhann with leaders of industry such as Donald J Munro, Chairman and Managing Director of Rayner company of Brighton & Hove, UK.
A Heritage Blue to commemorate his groundbreaking work was installed in Kibworth Harcourt on 18th February 2012, thanks to the research carried out by Bob Haggerty, a local resident who has himself had an intraocular lens fitted, and supported by Kibworth Improvement Team (KiT), the local community partnership.
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