He was the first to observe the slight polarization dependence of the human eye, observed via the phenomenon now known as Haidinger's brush.
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The name stephanite was proposed by W Haidinger in 1845 in honour of the Archduke of Austria Stephan Franz Victor of Habsburg-Lorena (1817-1867).