About Ernst Hertel
Lived 1870 – 1943 (aged 72). Ernst Hertel was an ophthalmologist, university teacher, physician and editing staff.
Ernst Hertel (19 March 1870 – 10 March 1943) was a German ophthalmologist.
Career Hertel received his medical degree in Jena, Germany in 1895. In 1910 he became Chair of Ophthalmology at the University of Strasbourg, succeeding Jakob Stilling. After the First World War, Hertel moved to Berlin before leaving for the University of Leipzig in 1920, where he remained until his retirement in 1935.
Hertel invented the Hertel exophthalmometer, a method of measuring eye displacement. With his colleague, Jakob Stilling, he developed the Stilling-Hertel test for colour vision deficiency.
Politics In November 1933, Hertel signed a vow of allegiance to Adolf Hitler.
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Who was Ernst Hertel?
German ophthalmologist (1870-1943)
When was Ernst Hertel born?
Ernst Hertel was born on 19 March 1870 in Bad Kösen.
When did Ernst Hertel die?
Ernst Hertel died on 10 March 1943 in Leipzig.
What was Ernst Hertel's occupation?
Ernst Hertel was an ophthalmologist, university teacher, physician and editing staff.
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Ernst Hertel's recorded nationality: German Reich.
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