Thomas Pridgin TealeFRS (28 June 1831 – 13 November 1923) was a British surgeon and ophthalmologist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 7 June 1888.[1][2][3]
Teale was one of the oldest men to serve in the British Army in the First World War. He was 83 when he was called up in August 1914, and 87 at the time of his discharge. He served as a Lt Colonel in Royal Army Medical Corps.[6]
^Bryan, B. A. "Teale, Thomas Pridgin (1831–1923)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 5 October 2012.(Subscription required for online access)