François-Alphonse Forel

François-Alphonse Forel was a Swiss limnologist, university teacher, physician, and zoologist. Born in Morges in 1841 and dying there in 1912, he worked in the fields of medicine, human anatomy, human physiology, and limnology. He was employed by the University of Lausanne and educated at the University of Geneva, the Paris Medical Faculty, and the University of Würzburg.

Forel was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and wrote in French. His notable works include *La couronne solaire de l'été de 1884*, *Memoires et travaux scientifiques publiés par le Dr. F.A. Forel de Morges*, *Études zoologiques dans les lacs de Savoie*, *Essai sur les variations périodiques des glaciers*, and *Limnimétrie du Lac Léman*. He also contributed to *Popular Science*.