Dr.Laurence (1829 - 1870), Ph.D., British ophthalmologist. In 1857 he became the founder of the South London Eye Hospital and later known as the Royal Eye Clinic. In 1864, he became the founder and editor of the "Ophthalmic Review" magazine, the first journal in the UK dedicated to ophthalmology. At the same time, he was praised for promoting the use of ophthalmoscopes in the UK. In 1866, along with his colleague Robert Charles Moon, a very rare complication of retinitis pigmentosa syndrome was described. Laurence-Moon Syndrome: Loss of vision leads to blindness, mental retardation, short stature and hypogonadism.