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Cornelius Jansen

1585 - 1638

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Cornelius Jansen (, Dutch: [ˈjɑnsə(n)]; Latinized name Cornelius Jansenius; also Corneille Jansen; 28 October 1585 – 6 May 1638) was the Dutch Catholic bishop of Ypres in Flanders and the father of a theological movement known as Jansenism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornelius Jansen has received more than 151,933 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Cornelius Jansen is the 89th most popular physician (down from 78th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 78th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Physician.

Cornelius Jansen was a Dutch theologian who wrote a book called "Augustinus" in 1640. He is most famous for his ideas about predestination and grace.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Cornelius Jansen ranks 89 out of 502Before him are August Krogh, François Duvalier, Johannes Fibiger, Jonas Salk, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, and Werner Forssmann. After him are Friedrich Miescher, Róbert Bárány, Walter Rudolf Hess, Jang-geum, Corneille Heymans, and Stanley Cohen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1585, Cornelius Jansen ranks 3Before him are Cardinal Richelieu and Heinrich Schütz. After him are Hendrick Avercamp, Anna of Tyrol, John George I, Elector of Saxony, Uriel da Costa, Zacharias Janssen, Lucilio Vanini, Jacob Le Maire, Jacques Lemercier, and John Rolfe. Among people deceased in 1638, Cornelius Jansen ranks 1After him are John Harvard, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, François Leclerc du Tremblay, Ivan Gundulić, Johannes Althusius, Adriaen Brouwer, Cyril Lucaris, Amakusa Shirō, Peter Minuit, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, and Willem Blaeu.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Cornelius Jansen ranks 79 out of 1,427Before him are Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Hugo de Vries (1848), Carel Fabritius (1622), Jan Oort (1900), Gerard van Honthorst (1592), and Sophia of Hanover (1630). After him are Bernard Mandeville (1670), Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920), Bernard Haitink (1929), Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562), Geert Hofstede (1928), and Judith Leyster (1609).

Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Cornelius Jansen ranks 3Before him are Christiaan Eijkman (1858) and Peter Canisius (1521). After him are Regnier de Graaf (1641), Johann Weyer (1515), Nicolaes Tulp (1593), Gerard van Swieten (1700), Frederik Ruysch (1638), Franciscus Donders (1818), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Titus Brandsma (1881), and Petrus Camper (1722).