Sir J. Herbert Parsons FRCS CBE Kt FRS (3 September 1863, Bristol – 7 October 1957, University College Hospital, London) was an ophthalmologist and ophthalmic surgeon. Parsons was educated at Bristol University, at University College London, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He received in 1890 his BSc in physiology, in 1891 his MRCS, and in 1892 his MB. He became an assistant in the Department of Physiology at University College London and practised medicine for several years in Finchley. He then became a clinical assistant at Moorfields Eye Hospital. In 1900 he received the MB London and the FRCS England. At Moorfields, he was promoted from clinical assistant and became, successively, curator and librarian and was then elected to the surgical staff in 1904. He became an ophthalmic surgeo