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Corneille Heymans

1892 - 1968

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Corneille Jean François Heymans (28 March 1892 – 18 July 1968) was a Belgian physiologist. He studied at the Jesuit College of Saint Barbara and then at Ghent University, where he obtained a doctor's degree in 1920. Heymans won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1938 for showing how blood pressure and the oxygen content of the blood are measured by the body and transmitted to the brain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Corneille Heymans is the 91st most popular physician (down from 84th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 78th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Physician.

Corneille Heymans is most famous for his discovery of the Heymans reaction, which is a chemical reaction that takes place in the presence of a catalyst.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Corneille Heymans ranks 91 out of 726. Before him are Hua Tuo, Karl Brandt, Ragnar Granit, Herophilos, Jacques Rogge, and Theodor Morell. After him are Harvey Cushing, Bernardino of Siena, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Jean Nicot, Peter Canisius, and François Duvalier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Corneille Heymans ranks 32. Before him are Mátyás Rákosi, William P. Murphy, Stefan Banach, Gregor Strasser, Erwin Panofsky, and Darius Milhaud. After him are Arthur Friedenreich, J. Paul Getty, Marina Tsvetaeva, Shirō Ishii, Ernst Lubitsch, and Robert Ritter von Greim. Among people deceased in 1968, Corneille Heymans ranks 21. Before him are George Gamow, Trygve Lie, Karl Barth, Georg von Küchler, Erwin Panofsky, and Enid Blyton. After him are Salvatore Quasimodo, Jim Clark, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Kees van Dongen, José Nasazzi, and Neal Cassady.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Corneille Heymans ranks 80 out of 1,190. Before him are Quentin Matsys (1466), André Grétry (1741), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Jacques Rogge (1942), Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559), and Agnès Varda (1928). After him are Father Damien (1840), Adolphe Quetelet (1796), Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919), Étienne Lenoir (1822), Jacky Ickx (1945), and Adrian Willaert (1490).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Belgium

Among physicians born in Belgium, Corneille Heymans ranks 3. Before him are Andreas Vesalius (1514), and Jacques Rogge (1942). After him are Rembert Dodoens (1517), and Paul Janssen (1926).

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