Elwin Marg
Elwin Marg | |
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| Born | March 23, 1918 Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | July 15, 2010 (aged 92) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California at Berkeley |
| Known for | Electrooculogram Mackay-Marg Tonometer Minerva Foundation |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience Optometry |
| Institutions | University of California at Berkeley |
Elwin Marg (March 23, 1918 – July 15, 2010) was an American optometrist and neuroscientist at the University of California at Berkeley. He was the first to receive a PhD from UC Berkeley School of Optometry. It was he who gave the name electrooculogram, a technique for measurement of nerve impulse in the eye.
He developed an improved tonometer that avoided use of anaesthetics for the first time in optometrical diagnosis. With his wife he established a non-profit neuroscience organisation, the Minerva Foundation in 1983.