Adolf Eugen Fick

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

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
Doctoral studentsJohann Jakob Müller
Notes
He is the brother of Franz Ludwig Fick. He is the uncle of Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick who invented the contact lens.
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