Professor Václav Vejdovský, for many years head of the Olomouc Clinic, is a distinguished personality of Czechoslovak ophthalmology. He was head of the department for 42 years and created an important school of ophthalmology.He was one of the founding members of the Czechoslovak Ophthalmological Society and for many years its vie-chairman, in 1967 - 1970 its chairman. He represented Czechoslovakia in the committee of the European Ophthalmological Society. Professor Vejdovský has special merits as regards introduction of Czech nomen- calture into previous almost exclusively German ophthalmology in Moravia.

        Key words: history of ophthalmology, Vejdovský, Olomouc