Birth Date: | 25 November 1909 |
Birth Place: | Winchester, Indiana |
Death Place: | Brighton, Michigan |
Fields: | Ophthalmology, genetics |
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Known For: | Nettleship-Falls syndrome |
Harold Francis Falls (November 25, 1909 in Winchester, Indiana - May 27, 2006 in Brighton, Michigan) was an American ophthalmologist and geneticist. He helped found one of the first genetics clinic in US. The Nettleship-Falls syndrome, the most common type of ocular albinism, is named after him and English ophthalmologist Edward Nettleship.