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Franciscus Donders

1818 - 1889

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Franciscus (Franz) Cornelius Donders FRS FRSE (27 May 1818 – 24 March 1889) was a Dutch ophthalmologist. During his career, he was a professor of physiology in Utrecht, and was internationally regarded as an authority on eye diseases, directing the Netherlands Hospital for Eye Patients. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franciscus Donders has received more than 76,492 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Franciscus Donders is the 284th most popular physician (up from 320th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 347th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Dutch Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Franciscus Donders ranks 284 out of 502Before him are Antonio Maria Valsalva, Friedrich Hoffmann, Eduard Wirths, Kálmán Kalocsay, Gavriil Ilizarov, and Hilary Koprowski. After him are Rembert Dodoens, Claus Schilling, Vincenz Priessnitz, William Osler, Jean-Baptiste Denys, and Eugene Botkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Franciscus Donders ranks 42Before him are Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, P. G. T. Beauregard, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Maria Mitchell, and Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Antonio Bazzini, Eduard Totleben, Louis Gerhard De Geer, and Jules Jamin. Among people deceased in 1889, Franciscus Donders ranks 34Before him are Viktor Bunyakovsky, Jules Dupré, Maria Mitchell, Elvira Madigan, Ybyrai Altynsarin, and Şevkefza Kadın. After him are Bernhard Förster, Adolf von Henselt, Émile Augier, Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, Đồng Khánh, and Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Franciscus Donders ranks 307 out of 1,427Before him are Sicco Mansholt (1908), Cornelis Tromp (1629), Frans Timmermans (1961), Olivier van Noort (1558), Danny Blind (1961), and Jan van der Heyden (1637). After him are Huub Stevens (1953), Gottfried van Swieten (1733), Albert van Ouwater (1415), Ludger (742), Sjaak Swart (1938), and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743).

Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Franciscus Donders ranks 9Before him are Cornelius Jansen (1585), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Johann Weyer (1515), Nicolaes Tulp (1593), Gerard van Swieten (1700), and Frederik Ruysch (1638). After him are Aletta Jacobs (1854), Titus Brandsma (1881), Petrus Camper (1722), Herman Snellen (1834), Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873), and Willem Johan Kolff (1911).