Wilibald A. Nagel

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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

Grave of Wilibald A. Nagel in the main cemetery in Freiburg im Breisgau

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.

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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