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Christiaan Eijkman

1858 - 1930

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Christiaan Eijkman (UK: AYK-mən, EYEK-mən, US: -⁠mahn, Dutch: [ˈkrɪstijaːn ˈɛikmɑn]; 11 August 1858 – 5 November 1930) was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of antineuritic vitamins (thiamine). Together with Sir Frederick Hopkins, he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christiaan Eijkman is the 31st most popular physician (up from 47th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 49th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Physician.

Eijkman is most famous for his discovery of the cause of beriberi, which was found to be a deficiency of vitamin B1.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Christiaan Eijkman ranks 31 out of 726. Before him are Michael Servetus, Allvar Gullstrand, Al-Zahrawi, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, John Snow, and Alois Alzheimer. After him are Willem Einthoven, Qa'a, Li Ching-Yuen, Rudolf Virchow, Camillo Golgi, and Paul Ehrlich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Christiaan Eijkman ranks 10. Before him are Selma Lagerlöf, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Theodore Roosevelt, Rudolf Diesel, Gustaf V of Sweden, and Georg Simmel. After him are Jagadish Chandra Bose, Omar Mukhtar, Giuseppe Peano, Emmeline Pankhurst, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, and Charles de Foucauld. Among people deceased in 1930, Christiaan Eijkman ranks 11. Before him are Alfred Wegener, Mary Harris Jones, Zewditu, Allvar Gullstrand, Fritz Pregl, and Vladimir Mayakovsky. After him are William Howard Taft, Joan Gamper, Lon Chaney, Frank P. Ramsey, Miguel Primo de Rivera, and Cosima Wagner.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Christiaan Eijkman ranks 32 out of 1,646. Before him are Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967), Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837), Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), and André Rieu (1949). After him are Louis van Gaal (1951), Jacob van Ruisdael (1628), Peter Debye (1884), Leo Beenhakker (1942), William I of the Netherlands (1772), and Jan van Riebeeck (1619).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Christiaan Eijkman ranks 1. After him are Peter Canisius (1521), Cornelius Jansen (1585), Nicolaes Tulp (1593), Frederik Ruysch (1638), Johann Weyer (1515), Wim Eijk (1953), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Herman Snellen (1834), Franciscus Donders (1818), Titus Brandsma (1881), and Gerard van Swieten (1700).

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