BIOLOGIST

Volcher Coiter

1534 - 1576

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Volcher Coiter (also spelled Coyter or Koyter; Latin: Volcherus Coiterus; 1534 – 2 June 1576) was a Dutch anatomist who established the study of comparative osteology and first described cerebrospinal meningitis. He also studied the human eye and was able to demonstrate the replenishment of the aqueous humor. Coiter's muscle is a name sometimes used for the corrugator superciliaris that is involved in wrinkling of the eyebrow. He illustrated his works with his own meticulously detailed drawings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Volcher Coiter is the 626th most popular biologist (up from 636th in 2019), the 579th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 661st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Dutch Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Volcher Coiter ranks 626 out of 1,097Before him are Étienne Pierre Ventenat, Euclides da Cunha, Alfred Grandidier, Ray Lankester, Aldo Leopold, and Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet. After him are Charles David Keeling, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, Carl Bolle, Carl Friedrich von Ledebour, Charles Horton Peck, and Joseph Rock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1534, Volcher Coiter ranks 17Before him are Giovanni de' Bardi, Robert Garnier, Abtai Sain Khan, Hans Bol, Setthathirath, and Fernando de Herrera. After him are Zacharias Ursinus, and Dirck Barendsz. Among people deceased in 1576, Volcher Coiter ranks 14Before him are Isabella de' Medici, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bartolomé Carranza, Bálint Bakfark, and Nicola Vicentino. After him are Levina Teerlinc, and Juan de Salcedo.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Volcher Coiter ranks 579 out of 1,646Before him are Hakim Ziyech (1993), Elly Ameling (1933), Kea Bouman (1903), Dirk van der Aa (1731), Fons Rademakers (1920), and Willem Marinus Dudok (1884). After him are Wander Johannes de Haas (1878), Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596), Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (1562), Jan Raas (1952), Pieter van Vollenhoven (1939), and Nigel de Jong (1984).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, Volcher Coiter ranks 15Before him are Pieter Boddaert (1730), Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734), Pieter Bleeker (1819), Wilhem de Haan (1801), George Clifford III (1685), and Pieter Willem Korthals (1807). After him are Johannes Burman (1707), C. B. van Niel (1897), Jan Frederik Gronovius (1686), and Wim Crusio (1954).