Adolf Eugen Fick

Adolf Fick
Adolf Fick (1829–1901)
Born3 September 1829
Died21 August 1901(1901-08-21) (aged 71)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Marburg
Known forFick's laws of diffusion
Fick principle
Imbert–Fick law
Scientific career
FieldsPhysiology
Biophysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Zurich
University of Würzburg
ThesisTractatur de errore optico quodam asymetria bulbi oculi effecto (1851)
Doctoral advisorFranz Ludwig Fick[1]
Doctoral studentsJohann Jakob Müller[1]
Notes
He is the brother of Franz Ludwig Fick. He is the uncle of Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick who invented the contact lens.[2]

Adolf Eugen Fick (3 September 1829 – 21 August 1901) was a German-born physician and physiologist.

  1. ^ a b Adolf Eugen Fick at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference CL was invoked but never defined (see the help page).