| 3 April 1922 | It all started on this day. (N.B. Evidence from oral history suggests that his mother may have fabricated the date out of necessity.) |
| 1939-1942 | University of Reading |
| 1941 | B.Sc. General (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) |
| 1942 | B.Sc. Special (Physics) |
| 1942-1946 | Jr. Scientific Officer, Ministry of Aircraft Production, Telecommunications Research Establishment, U.K. |
| 1946-1950 | Research Assistant, Medical Research Council Unit, Department of Physiology, University College, London |
| 1951 | Ph.D., University of London (Physiology) |
| 1950-1963 | Member, Medical Research Council Staff, Ophthalmological Research Unit, Institute of Ophthalmology, University of London |
| 1951-1952 | British Council Scholar, University of Rome |
| 1957-1958 | Fulbright Traveling Fellowship, University California, San Francisco |
| 1961-2001 | Editor, Experimental Eye Research |
| 1963-1964 | Visiting Professor, Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical School, University of Jerusalem |
| 1963-1968 | Reader in Physiology and Head of Department of Physiology, Institute of Ophthalmology, University of London |
| 1967 | Friedenwald Memorial Award, Association for Research in Ophthalmology |
| 1968-1993 | Senior Scientist and then Professor of Ophthalmology (Research) Stanford University Medical School |
| 1974-1991 | Lecturer on Ophthalmology, Harvard University |
| 1975-1979 | Trustee (Physiology and Pharmacology), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology |
| 1975-1982 | Member of Council, International Society for Eye Research |
| 1979-1980 | Guggenheim Fellow, Department Ophthalmology, Hotel Dieu, University of Paris |
| 1981 | George Smelser Memorial Lecture, Columbia University |
| 1984 | Ida Mann Lecture, Oxford University |
| 1984 | Vice President, International Society for Eye Research |
| 1985 | Claes Dohlman Lecture, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary |
| 1985 | Lacrima Award, Dry Eye Society |
| 1986 | Castroviejo Lecture, Castroviejo Society |
| 1986-1991 | Board of Advisors, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, Johns Hopkins University |
| 1988-1992 | President, International Society of Ocular Fluorophotometry |
| 1989 | Charles F. Prentice Memorial Medal, American Academy of Optometry |
| 1992 | W. Williamson Memorial Lecture, University of Manchester |
| 1993-1996 | Professor of Ocular Physiology, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University |
| 1996 | Von Sallmann Prize in Vision and Ophthalmology |
| 1996-2002 | Adjunct Professor of Ocular Physiology, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University |
| 2001 | Diaz Caneja Award, University of Valladolid |
| 20 July 2002 | It all ended on this day. |
| 2003 | Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research (posthumous) |
| 2003 | Ocular Wound Healing: A Symposium Dedicated to Dr. David Maurice, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting, May 4, Fort Lauderdale (posthumous) |
| 2004 | Festschrift: Experimental Eye Research, Special issue in honour of David Maurice, Volume 78, Number 3, pp 315-757. (posthumous) |