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Frank Flynn
Australian ophthalmologist and Catholic priest
For the Cuban pianist, see Frank Emilio Flynn. For the Australian rugby league player, see Frank Flynn (rugby league).
Francis Stanislaus Flynn (6 December 1906, Sydney – 29 July 2000) was a Northern Territory-based Australian medical doctor (ophthalmologist), author and missionary priest.
He is notable for his contributions to religion, medicine and Aboriginal welfare.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
He was born on 6 December 1906 and educated in Sydney, receiving MB BS with 1st class honours in 1930.
In 1931 he sailed to England and in 1931 and 1933–1934 studied and worked at the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital (Moorfields) in London. Prior to World War II he had made several important contributions to the study of eye disease, including the introduction of a new drug which he named Mydriciane, and the design and patenting of a machine used in operating on detac