Felix Semon

Sir Felix Semon (8 December 18491 March 1921) was a German-British pioneer in neurobiology and a prominent laryngologist in the United Kingdom. He is responsible for Semon's law. He was the brother of the biologist Richard Semon.

Biography Semon was born in Danzig, Prussia, the son of Simon J. Semon, a Berlin stockbroker, and Henriette Aschenheim of Elbing. In 1868, he began his medical studies in Heidelberg and served as a volunteer during the Franco-Prussian War. Following the war, he resumed his studies in Berlin and took his medical degree in 1873. He studied in Vienna and Paris, specialising in diseases of the throat and nose. and appointed a Commander in the Royal Victorian Order in 1902.

In 1901, he was appointed Physician Extraordinary to King Edward VII, and was knighted KCVO in 1905.

He retired from his practice in 1911 and died a decade later in Great Missenden.