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This blue commemorative plaque records: Inventor of the intraocular lens whose vision has renewed the sight of millions. Pioneer eye and cataract surgeon Sir Nicholas Harold Lloyd Ridley was born here on 10th July 1906 Recorded plaque organisation: Kibworth Improvement Team.
Sir Harold Ridley FRS was a pioneering ophthalmic surgeon who invented the intraocular lens, significantly advancing cataract surgery and restoring vision to millions of patients worldwide.
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