Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: vienna , austria - residence: austria - doctoral students: georg joseph beer johann adam schmidt georg prochaska - caption: joseph -rrb- barth -lrb- 1746-1818 -rrb- -lrb- heinrich friedrich fuger - death date: 7 april 1818 - field: ophthalmologist - doctoral advisor: anton von storck - work institution: university of vienna - birth date: 28 october 1746 - name: joseph barth - image size: 200px - nationality: austrian - image: joseph fuger.jpg barth -lrb- 1746-1818 -rrb- , by heinrich friedrich - birth place: valletta , malta - alma mater: university of vienna Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joseph barth .
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joseph barth -lrb- october 28 , 1746 -- april 7 , 1818 -rrb- , was a notable 18th-century austrian ophthalmologist .