Sigmund Fuchs (1859–1903)

Austrian physiologist. Studied mathematics, theoretical physics, and medicine at Vienna from 1878. While still a student, became a demonstrator for Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke at the physiological institute; assistant in anatomy, then in the eye clinic. Habilitated in physiology, 1895; professor extraordinarius, 1897. Professor, Vienna University of Natural Resources, 1899. Discovered the nerves of the light organs in Elater noctilucus and studied photoelectrical changes in the retina.