in that area. 1903-1914, Tangle was appointed ordinarius in charge of medical chemistry at University of Budapest Chemistry Department following the death of the predecessor, Plósz Béla. From 1914-1917, he was regular professor of physiology at Budapest University. While there, he contributed significant research into the study of the development, bird embryo, energy and the metabolism of insects during metamorphosis. He was a founder of the College of veterinary medicine, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, and Anatomy and Histology. On December 19, 1917, amidst troubles within Budapest due to the 1st World War, he continued his work, but later that afternoon, while he was going to go back home, he was shot by a stray bullet and he died on the spot, several meters outside his work place. 1917, December 22, he was buried in the Kerepesi Cemetery. His body was exhumed in 1954 and moved to the Farkasréti cemetery. Recognitions He was the Hungarian Natural History Society's vice-president of Special Physiology (1901-1903) and president twice (1907-1912, 1914-1916). In 1912 he received recognition of his work from the King’s court, the title of councilor. A tablet was placed on the wall of the Department of Surgery and Ophthalmology, University of Veterinary Science on May 28, 1996, on the occasion of the centenary of the establishment of the Hungarian Royal Animal Physiology and Feeding Experimental Station with the participation of László Fésüs, director general, László V. Frenyó, rector. Family His brother Tangl Károly was a physicist who studied under Loránd Eötvös. He was survived by his son Tangl Harand, a physiologist and doctor. Sources All in Hungarian. http://www.galeria.sote.hu/page.php?id=173 http://mek.oszk.hu/00300/00355/html/ABC15363/15457.htm http://konyvtar.univet.hu/portre/fotocd/tangl.htm http://www.kfki.hu/physics/historia/historia/egyen.php?namenev=tanglf&nev5=Tangl+Ferenc https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001653/http://orvostortenet.hu/tankonyvek/tk-05/pdf_Szallasi/vegyes_048.pdf 1866 births 1917 deaths Hungarian physiologists Hungarian pathologists Budapest University alumni Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Burials at Farkasréti Cemetery