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Regnier de Graaf

1641 - 1673

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Regnier de Graaf (English spelling), original Dutch spelling Reinier de Graaf, or Latinized Reijnerus de Graeff (30 July 1641 – 17 August 1673), was a Dutch physician, physiologist and anatomist who made key discoveries in reproductive biology. He specialized in iatrochemistry and iatrogenesis, and was the first to develop a syringe to inject dye into human reproductive organs so that he could understand their structure and function. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Regnier de Graaf is the 279th most popular physician (down from 227th in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 244th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Dutch Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Regnier de Graaf ranks 279 out of 726. Before him are John Harvey Kellogg, Johann Conrad Dippel, 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi, Eduard Wirths, August Oetker, and Hans Berger. After him are Thomas Hodgkin, Hiraga Gennai, Guillaume Dupuytren, Neferkare Neby, Irmfried Eberl, and Norman Bethune.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1641, Regnier de Graaf ranks 5. Before him are Hyeonjong of Joseon, Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Tokugawa Ietsuna, and François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois. After him are Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Nehemiah Grew, Titus van Rijn, Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Nicolaes Witsen, and Dositheus II of Jerusalem. Among people deceased in 1673, Regnier de Graaf ranks 9. Before him are Margaret Theresa of Spain, Salvator Rosa, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Semyon Dezhnev, Joan Blaeu, and Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. After him are Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Barent Fabritius, and Robert Moray.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Regnier de Graaf ranks 296 out of 1,646. Before him are Willem de Sitter (1872), Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627), Ludger (742), Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (1968), Pieter van der Aa (1659), and Zacharias Janssen (1585). After him are Philip de Koninck (1619), Jan Timman (1951), Aert de Gelder (1645), Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), Karel Doorman (1889), and Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Regnier de Graaf ranks 8. Before him are Peter Canisius (1521), Cornelius Jansen (1585), Nicolaes Tulp (1593), Frederik Ruysch (1638), Johann Weyer (1515), and Wim Eijk (1953). After him are Herman Snellen (1834), Franciscus Donders (1818), Titus Brandsma (1881), Gerard van Swieten (1700), Aletta Jacobs (1854), and Petrus Camper (1722).

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