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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Corneille Heymans has received more than 87,488 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Corneille Heymans is the 84th most popular physician (up from 94th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 81st 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 87k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 18.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Corneille Heymans has had the most page views in the with 9,066 views, followed by Dutch (2,978), and Chinese (2,266). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Croatian (64.69%), Indonesian (53.18%), and Irish (39.82%)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Corneille Heymans ranks 84 out of 726. Before him are Louis Auguste Blanqui, Elizabeth Blackwell, Peter Canisius, Albert Sabin, François Duvalier, and Albert Szent-Györgyi. After him are Cornelius Jansen, Charles Nicolle, Hotepsekhemwy, Walter Rudolf Hess, George Minot, and Cyril of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Corneille Heymans ranks 39. Before him are Arthur Compton, Marina Tsvetaeva, Andrey Yeryomenko, Robert Ritter von Greim, Bruno Schulz, and Darius Milhaud. After him are Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, Arthur Friedenreich, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Bolesław Bierut, Władysław Anders, and Richard Neutra. Among people deceased in 1968, Corneille Heymans ranks 22. Before him are Salvatore Quasimodo, Georg von Küchler, Erwin Panofsky, Henry Hallett Dale, Enid Blyton, and Carl Theodor Dreyer. After him are Jim Clark, Kees van Dongen, José Nasazzi, Pitirim Sorokin, Ivan Ribar, and Neal Cassady.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Corneille Heymans ranks 78 out of 1,190. Before him are Jacob Obrecht (1457), Albert Claude (1899), Paul Delvaux (1897), Adrian Willaert (1490), Dominique Pire (1910), and Émile Verhaeren (1855). After him are Henri Pirenne (1862), Father Damien (1840), Peyo (1928), Ernest Solvay (1838), Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), and Jacky Ickx (1945).

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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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