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Franciscus Donders

1818 - 1889

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Franciscus (Franz) Cornelius Donders FRS FRSE (27 May 1818 – 24 March 1889) was a Dutch ophthalmologist. During his career, he was a professor of physiology in Utrecht, and was internationally regarded as an authority on eye diseases, directing the Netherlands Hospital for Eye Patients. Along with Graefe and Helmholtz, he was one of the primary founders of scientific ophthalmology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franciscus Donders is the 313th most popular physician (down from 290th in 2019), the 328th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 327th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Dutch Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Franciscus Donders ranks 313 out of 726. Before him are John Latham, John Hunter, Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari, Grunya Sukhareva, Edward Bach, and Edmond Locard. After him are Harry Seeley, Bian Que, Édouard Séguin, Alessandro Achillini, Joseph Škoda, and Ernst Gräfenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Franciscus Donders ranks 45. Before him are Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, and Heinrich Göbel. After him are Jules Jamin, Marco Minghetti, Heinrich Kiepert, P. G. T. Beauregard, Louis Gerhard De Geer, and Gustave Aimard. Among people deceased in 1889, Franciscus Donders ranks 38. Before him are Ignacy Domeyko, Émile Augier, Viktor Bunyakovsky, Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, John Ericsson, and Elvira Madigan. After him are Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Alfred Józef Potocki, Bernhard Förster, Charles Mackay, and Ion Creangă.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Franciscus Donders ranks 328 out of 1,646. Before him are Roy Makaay (1975), Johannes Willebrands (1909), Arne Slot (1978), Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768), Hans van Breukelen (1956), and Adriaen van de Velde (1636). After him are Willy van der Kuijlen (1946), Henri Winkelman (1876), Mart Stam (1899), Ruud Geels (1948), Dirk V, Count of Holland (1053), and Joseph Luns (1911).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Franciscus Donders ranks 10. Before him are Nicolaes Tulp (1593), Frederik Ruysch (1638), Johann Weyer (1515), Wim Eijk (1953), Regnier de Graaf (1641), and Herman Snellen (1834). After him are Titus Brandsma (1881), Gerard van Swieten (1700), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Petrus Camper (1722), Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873), and Willem Piso (1611).

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