We live in the age of biography. They fill and spill over the shelves of bookstores. They have become gigantic in length (example, Lord Black’s new biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt is 1278 pages in length).¹ It is perhaps, therefore, not surprising that Papalkar and Francis in their letter to the journal this month ask, “Who is Ivan Schwab?”² Actually, if we understand them correctly they are really asking, “What are Ivan Schwab’s qualifications to write about interesting aspects of the eye in various animal species?” The fact that Ivan Schwab is a renowned corneal surgeon with a side interest in the eye in evolution is interesting. That he plans a sabbatical in the …