Eugen von Hippel

Eugen Adolf Arthur von[1] Hippel (3 August 1867 – 4 July 1939) was a German ophthalmologist born in Königsberg.

He studied medicine in Heidelberg under ophthalmologist Theodor Leber (1840–1917) and neurologist Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1840–1921).

However it wasn't until 1926 that Swedish pathologist Arvid Lindau recognized an association between angiomatosis of the retina with hemangioblastomas of the cerebellum and other parts of the central nervous system.

Hippel contributed several writings to textbooks regarding anatomy and diseases of the eye.

He was the son of Arthur von Hippel (1841–1916), a pioneer in corneal transplantation, and an uncle to German-American physicist Arthur R. von Hippel (1898–2003).