Franz Ludwig Fick | |
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Born | |
Died | December 31, 1858 | (aged 45)
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Marburg |
Known for | Cerebral phantom |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anatomist |
Institutions | University of Marburg |
Doctoral advisor | Christian Heinrich Bünger |
Doctoral students | Adolf Fick |
Other notable students | Carl Ludwig |
Notes | |
He is the brother of the German physiologist Adolf Eugen Fick who invented tonometry. He is the father of the German ophthalmologist Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick who invented the contact lens. |
Franz Ludwick Fick (18 May 1813 – 31 December 1858) was a professor of anatomy at the University of Marburg.