Edward M. Jackson, MD (1856-1942)
Descriptive Summary
Title: Edward M. Jackson, MD Collection
Collection ID: SCJACKREC1
Size: 1 Folder
Repository: Museum of Vision, Academy Archives
Abstract: Records of Edward M. Jackson, MD, 8th
President of the American Academy
of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.
Records date from 1900-1942.
Administrative Information
Source: Melvin Freeman, MD
Access: Collection is open to the public by
appointment only
Restrictions: Material is copyrighted, for permission to
publish please contact the Museum of
Vision at (415) 561-8502 or
museum@aao.org
Preferred Citation: [identification of item], Edward M.
Jackson, MD Collection, Museum of
Visionand the American Academy of
Ophthalmology.
Biographical Note
· Born March 30, 1856 in West Goshen, PA
· Graduated Union College, Schenectady, NY (civil engineer)
· 1878 Graduated University of Pennsylvania (MD)
· 1890-1894 and 1896-1898 Worked as a surgeon at Wills Eye Hospital
· 1890-1916 American editor of the “Ophthalmic Review”, London
· 1893 clarified the cross cylinder in measurement of astigmatic errors
· 1894 Moved from Philadelphia to Denver
· 1904 President of American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (AAOO), 8th Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, IN
· 1904-1917 editor of the “Ophthalmic Year Book”
· 1915 First chairman of American Board of Ophthalmology, Dr. Jackson administered the first examination on December 11, 1916.
· 1915 founded the Colorado Ophthalmologic Congress
· 1917 Helped to found the Ophthalmic Publishing Company, publishers of the “American Journal of Ophthalmology” (AJO)
· 1918-1931 Editor of the AJO
· 1920 Dr. Jackson’s “Committee on Teaching” provided a 1 day post-graduate course at AAOO Annual Meeting- the Academy’s first instruction course
· 1925 President of Colorado Commission for the Blind
· 1928 Association for Research in Ophthalmology and Vision (originally ARO, now ARVO) created. Jackson was part of the initial discussions and a founding member.
· 1942 Dr. Jackson died
· AAOO established the Jackson Memorial Lecture in 1944, 2 years after his death.
Dr. Jackson also served in these offices: President of the American Ophthalmology Society, President of the Denver County Medical Society, President of the Colorado State Medical Society, Member Royal Society of Medicine, UK, Member Western Ophthalmology Society, Member American Medical Association, Member American Otolaryngology Society, Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Colorado Medical School in Denver.
Scope and Content
The Edward M. Jackson, MD Collection consists of various membership cards once belonging to Dr. Jackson, personal photographs and other property. The collection also contains copies of Dr. Jackson’s obituaries and a list of Jackson Memorial lecturers.
Container List
Folder 1
Series 1: Membership Cards
Colorado State Medical Society, 1942
Association for Research in Ophthalmology, 1942
Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology, 1942
American Medical Association, 1942
American Academy of Ophthalmology and
Otolaryngology, 1942
General Alumni Society of the University of
Pennsylvania, 1943
Philadelphia County Medical Society, nd
Series 2: Photographs
Dr. Jackson in cockpit of bi-pane, nd (Curtiss,
Atlantic City)
Dr. Jackson portrait, nd (H.C. Phillips
photographer)
Dr. Jackson in group with children, nd
Series 3: Miscellaneous
Dr. Jackson’s obituaries, copy
Brass plaque with inscription, “Editorial Chair
Edward Jackson, MD, 1856-1942”
Dr. Jackson Memorial Lecture, list of honorees,
1944-1993
 | Dr. Edward Jackson and children, no date |
 | AAOO membership card, 1942 |
