German dermatologist and botanist (1858-1934).
Karl Touton (2 May 1858, Alzey – 27 September 1934, Wiesbaden) was a German dermatologist and amateur botanist. He studied medicine at the Universities of Würzburg and Freiburg, earning his medical doctorate in 1881. Following graduation, he furthered his education at Tübingen with pathologist Ernst Ziegler and in Vienna with dermatologists Moriz Kaposi and Isidor Neumann. From 1885 onward, he was a practicing dermatologist in Wiesbaden. As a botanist, he specialized in studies of the genus Hieracium. He worked closely with botanist August Schlickum (1867–1946), with whom he conducted scientif