Anton von Rosas

Anton von Rosas (23 December 1791 – 31 May 1855) was an Austrian ophthalmologist born in Pécs, Hungary.

He studied medicine at the Universities of Pest and Vienna, earning his doctorate in 1814.

Among his written works was a three volume ophthalmological textbook titled Handbuch der theoretischen und practischen Augenheilkunde.

A street in the Meidling district of Vienna called Rosasgasse is named in his honor.

Schopenhauer made this claim in two of his books: On Vision and Colors, § 1, and On the Will in Nature, "Physiology and Pathology."

Anton von Rosas; (1834 lithograph by Josef Kriehuber ).
Grave of Anton von Rosas at St. Marx Cemetery , Vienna