title: Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly (1850-1926): scientist, educator and advocate for Queensland optometry.
authors.affiliation: School of Optometry and Vision Science, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Vincent
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009907:Optometry / Q000266:history*; D011793:Queensland; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*