Family InformationFrederick (Fred) Cossom Hollows was born on the 9th of April 1929 in Dunedin in the South part of New Zealand. He was one of four children, others being John, Colin and Maurice (Monty) all born in Dunedin to Joseph and Clarice (Marshall) Hollows. They all lived in Dunedin for the first seven years. He went to an informal school at North East Valley Primary School before joining Palmerston Boys High school when he was 13. Hollows was given a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Victoria University of Wellington.
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Early Life and Fred's InspirationGrowing up he always wanted and believed he would become a missionary After doing some charity work at a mental hospital he was inspired by some doctors while observing them, so instead he enrolled himself into Otago Medical School, this is how his life's work began.
In 1961 he went to Moorfields Eye Hospital in England to study ophthalmology. He then in Wales did his post-graduate work before moving to Australia in 1965 where he became an associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. When he moved to Australia he soon became head of an eye department. From 1965–1992 Hollows was chair of the ophthalmology division taking care of the teaching departments at the University of New South Wales, and the Prince of Wales and Prince Henry hospitals. |