Felix Semon

Sir Felix Semon KCVO FRCP (8 December 1849 – 1 March 1921) was a German-British pioneer in neurobiology and a prominent laryngologist in the United Kingdom.

In 1868, he began his medical studies in Heidelberg and served as a volunteer during the Franco-Prussian War.

He studied in Vienna and Paris, specialising in diseases of the throat and nose.

[1] He moved to England because of the need for a laryngologist, joining the Throat Hospital in Golden Square, Westminster.

[1][10] In 1901, he was appointed Physician Extraordinary to King Edward VII, and was knighted KCVO in 1905.