Jules François

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Émile Jules Marie Joseph François (May 24, 1907, Gingelom - August 13, 1984, Zermatt ) was a Belgian ophthalmologist .

Life

Jules François right, Henri Saraux (Paris) 1981 in Munich with Hans Remky

François completed his medical studies at the University of Leuven in 1930. He specialized in ophthalmology and continued his education in Bergen and Paris at the Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades . Then he had a practice in Charleroi , continued to work scientifically and obtained his habilitation in 1942 with the thesis:   L'influence des facteurs immunologiques sur la production des opacités cristalliniennes congénitales at the University of Ghent. In 1948 he was appointed professor and in 1954 he was appointed director of the eye clinic at the Rijksuniversiteit Gent . Under his leadership, this clinical and scientific institution became world-famous. Assistants from over 33 countries came to receive further training. In 1977 he retired, but continued to work in research and publishing. In 1982 he was admitted to the nobility. In 1984 he passed away at his holiday destination Zermatt.

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François undertook significant research into the anatomy of the retinal and orbital vasculature. The electrooculography (EOG) is based on his published with Verriest and De Rouck studies. François was scientifically active in all areas of modern ophthalmology, later especially in genetics . 

This resulted in over 1870 publications. [3] François wrote 34 scientific books or book chapters. Some became standard works, such as L'hérédité en ophtalmologie , Les cataractes congénitales and Les hérédo-degénéréscences choriorétiniennes .

For ophthalmology in the 1970s it was a matter of course that François, as a polyglot cosmopolitan and perfect rhetorician, presided over the most important committees. 

Awards

  • Gonin Medal (1966)
  • Donders Medal (1975)
  • Graefe Medal (1976)
  • Waardenburg Medal
  • Vogt medal
  • Duke-Elder Medal
  • Charamis medal
  • Helmholtz Medal
  • Javal medal
  • Ophthalmology Hall of Fame (2005)
  • Jules François Foundation (for the preservation of the Jules François Library )
  • Honorary doctorates (selection): Clermont-Ferrand, Toulouse, Geneva, Nancy, Brno, Budapest, Sassari, Córdoba, Catama
  • Honorary President of the International Council of Ophthalmology
  • Founding (1975) and presidency for life of Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis
  • President of the Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique (1969)
  • Honorary member of the Vlaamse Koninklijke Academie voor Geneeskunde
  • President of the European Ophthalmological Society
  • Member of the Académie de Médecine de France
  • Admission to the Leopoldina (1962)
  • Admission to the Belgian nobility with the award of the title "Baron" (1982)
  • After his death, the Jules François Prize was introduced, which is awarded every 4 years to ophthalmological researchers under 40 years of age.

François as the namesake

literature

  • JE WINKELMAN, Award of the Donders Medal to Prof. J. François , in: Ophthalmologica, 1975.
  • Professor Jules François , in: Journal of Neurological Sciences, Amsterdam, 1984.
  • In Memoriam Baron Professor Jules François , in: British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1985.
  • W. JAEGER, Numismatic history of the von Graefe Medal of the German Ophthalmological Society , in: Klin Oczna, 1988.
  • Jean-Paul Wayenborgh (Ed.):  IBBO. International Biography and Bibliography of Ophthalmologists and Vision Scientists.  Volume 2, Oostende, Belgium, 2001 (Hirschberg History of ophthalmology. The monographs; volume 7)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jules François, MD, PhD - American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery , ascrs.org
  2. ↑ BRACELETS: Jules FRANCOIS. In: Membres. ARMB, 1984, accessed November 25, 2017 (French).
  3. ↑ Member entry of E. Jules François (with picture) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ Lisch W Seitz B : New international classification of corneal dystrophies. (PDF) In: The Ophthalmologist. Springer Verlag, September 1, 2011, accessed on November 25, 2017 .
  5. ^ H. Remky , G. Engelbrecht: Dystrophia dermo-chondro-cornealis (François) . In: Klin Mbl f Augenheilk . tape 151 . Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1967, p. 319-331 .
personal data
SURNAME François, Jules
ALTERNATIVE NAMES François, Émile Jules Marie Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1907
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1984