آگوست فورل

Auguste Henri Forel was a Swiss entomologist, psychiatrist, neurologist, and Esperantist. He held the position of professor at the University of Zurich, where he was also educated and later employed. His professional work locations included Munich and Zurich. Forel’s fields of work encompassed entomology and psychiatry, and he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Born in Morges in 1848, he died in Yvorne in 1931. He spoke French, Esperanto, and German, and adhered to the Baháʼí Faith. Forel was a member of the Universal Esperanto Association and held a Doctor of Philosophy degree. He authored numerous works, including *Sexuelle Ethik*, *Verbrechen und konstitutionelle Seelenabnormitäten*, and *Hypnotism; or, Suggestion and psychotherapy*. He was also the author of *Un parasite de la Myrmecia forficata Fabr*. His zoological author citation is Forel. He had a child named Oscar Forel.