Arthur Marten Skeffington (1890 – 1976) was an American optometrist known to some as "the father of behavioral optometry".http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/ngcoba/sk.htm [Note: Confirms dates of birth and death - "Arthur Marten SKEFFINGTON (M: 1890 - 1976)"."A.M. Skeffington, O.D.: The Father of Behavioral Optometry." Visionaries (Reprinted from January–December 1991 Issues of Review of Optometry). Retrieved September 19, 2006. Skeffington has been credited with co-founding the Optometric Extension Program with E.B. Alexander in 1928. In the mid-1950s, Skeffington first diagrammed his "four circles" model of describing visual processing.
Honors The College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) annually awards the Skeffington Award in his honor to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to optometric literature in the areas of vision therapy and vision development.The Skeffington Award, COVD Blog. November 4, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
Furthermore, there is an annual Kraskin Invitational Skeffington Symposium on Vision.Kraskin Invitational Skeffington Symposium on Vision
References
Further reading (abstract) Sensorimotor Dynamics and Two Visual Systems: Shades of Skeffington & Brock Part 1, The visionhelp blog, 22 May 2011 Earl P. Schmitt: The Skeffington Perspective of the Behavioral Model of Optometric Data Analysis and Vision Care, AuthorHouse, 2006,
External links The Science of Behavioral Optometry