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Willem Einthoven
1860 – 1927 · aged 67
Dutch physiologist
- Born
- 21 May 1860 · Semarang
- Died
- 29 Sept 1927 · Leiden
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- 21 May 1860BornBorn in Semarang
- 1905 – 1906RoleRector magnificus of Leiden University
- 1924AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1926AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 29 Sept 1927DiedDied in Leiden
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1860 – 1927).
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
Biography
Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 – 29 September 1927) was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph (ECG or EKG) in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it ("for the discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram").
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