Carl Flügge

Carl Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Flügge
Born12 September 1847
Hanover
DiedDecember 10, 1923(1923-12-10) (aged 76)
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
University of Bonn
University of Leipzig
University of Munich
Known forDiscovery of Flügge droplets
Scientific career
FieldsBacteriology, Hygiene

Carl Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Flügge (12 September 1847 – 10 December 1923) was a German bacteriologist and hygienist. His finding that pathogens were present in expiratory droplets, the eponymous Flügge droplets, laid the foundations for the concept of droplet transmission as a route for the spread of respiratory infectious diseases.