Researching Otto Westphal
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 18 people with the Westphal surname? In that year Westphal was ranked number 3561 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Otto means "Form of OTHELLO. Prosperous" and is of Teutonic origin.
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Some Famous People called Otto Westphal
Otto Carl Friedrich Westphal
Otto Carl Friedrich Westphal (1800 – 1879) was a German physician and Geheimer Sanitätsrath (privy medical counsellor). He wrote on the human eye and on optics. He was interested in environmental impacts on eyesight, including light quality, and argued that eyeglasses should be tailored to occupation.
Westphal also examined a variety of eyewashes and tinctures, and reportedly invented eye occlusion therapy, currently used for correction of strabismus and amblyopia.
Westphal was married to Karoline Friederike Heine, the daughter of a wealthy banker. He is the father of Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal and grandfather of Alexander Carl Otto Westphal.
Category:1800 birthsCategory:1879 deathsCategory:German ophthalmologists
Source: Otto Carl Friedrich Westphal, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Westphal
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