John Wilson did more than anyone else to prevent and cure blindness and help blind people throughout the world between the 1940s and his death in 1999. In addition, he made a significant contribution to the cause of disabled people in general. A man of action and unflagging energy, with exceptional determination, imagination and compassion, and analytical and organizational ability, he changed millions of people’s lives for the better by developing systems and techniques for preventing and curing blindness, and by spurring on the process by which blind people have come to be able to play a full, active, and creative role in society. Meticulously researched, the remarkable story of his life is primarily based on Wilson's Braille diaries and his other papers, the records at Sight Savers, and interviews in many different countries with people who knew him.
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Sir John Coles, who is non-executive chairman of Sight Savers International, has had a distinguished diplomatic career. He was Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service for three years from 1994, after being Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 1981 to 1984, Ambassador to Jordan from 1984 to 1988 and High Commissioner to Australia from 1988 to 1991. He was also Deputy Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office for Asia and the Americas between 1991 and 1994. Earlier, he had been Head of Chancery in Cairo, 1975-7, Counsellor at the UK Permanent Mission to the EEC, 1977-80, and Head of the South Asian Department at the Foreign Office, 1980-1.
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