Australian of the year: Dr James Muecke awarded top prize and Ashleigh Barty also honoured
by Ben Doherty from Science | The Guardian on (#4YDQP)
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Dr James Muecke, an eye surgeon who has dedicated his professional career to preventing blindness among the poorest people in the world, has been recognised as the 2020 Australian of the year.
Adelaide-born Muecke, who began his medical career in Kenya, said it was an "enormous " tremendous honour" to be named Australian of the year for 2020: "such an auspicious year for eyesight".
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