Wilibald A. Nagel
Willibald A. Nagel , also Wil (l) ibald Nagel (born June 19, 1870 in Tübingen , † November 13, 1911 in Rostock ) was a German sensory physiologist who dealt in particular with ophthalmic optics in humans.
Life
Wilibald A. Nagel was the son of the first director of the Tübingen University Eye Clinic, Albrecht Nagel . He studied science and medicine and received his doctorate in both subjects in 1892 and 1893 . He completed his habilitation in 1895 at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg under Johannes von Kries and in 1902 he became an associate professor of physiology at the Berlin Humboldt University (then still Friedrich Wilhelms University ), where he also headed the sensory physiology department. In 1908 he was appointed full professor at the University of Rostock . His successor in Rostock was Hans Winterstein .
Nagel was editor of the journal for sensory physiology . His five-volume manual of physiology was published in Braunschweig from 1904 to 1909.
Inventions
Willibald Nagel developed a number of devices for examining eyesight . His adaptometer for measuring dark adaptation and the so -called four-of-a- kind nail, also called anomaloscope , with which color blindness could be examined, became known.
literature
- Werner E. Gerabek : Nagel, Willibald. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 712 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilibald A. Nagel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature on Wilibald A. Nagel in the state bibliography MV
- Nagel's biography in the catalog of the scientific collections of the Humboldt University of Berlin
- Entry on Wilibald A. Nagel in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
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SURNAME | Nagel, Wilibald A. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nagel, Willibald A .; Nagel, Wilibald; Nagel, Willibald |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sensory physiologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1870 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tübingen |
DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1911 |
Place of death | Rostock |