Willem Einthoven(1860)
MedicineWillem Einthoven was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it.
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Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1924for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram
Leiden UniversityExternal Profiles
Education
Utrecht University
Doctoral Advisor
Franciscus Donders
Positions & Roles
rector magnificus of Leiden University
Academy Memberships
American Academy of Arts and SciencesRoyal Swedish Academy of SciencesRussian Academy of SciencesPontifical Academy of Sciences
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KK
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VA
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GR
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
DW
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023)
SP
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2022)
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