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Frederik Ruysch

1638 - 1731

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Frederik Ruysch (Dutch: [ˈfreːdərɪk ˈrœys]; March 28, 1638 – February 22, 1731) was a Dutch botanist and anatomist. He is known for developing techniques for preserving anatomical specimens, which he used to create dioramas or scenes incorporating human parts. His anatomical preparations included over 2,000 anatomical, pathological, zoological, and botanical specimens, which were preserved by either drying or embalming. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederik Ruysch has received more than 148,398 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Frederik Ruysch is the 239th most popular physician (up from 258th in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 266th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Dutch Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Frederik Ruysch ranks 239 out of 502. Before him are Jack Kevorkian, Hans Berger, Neferkare Neby, John O'Keefe, Barry Marshall, and Robert Lefkowitz. After him are Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, Thomas Bartholin, Carl Ludwig, Torsten Wiesel, François Magendie, and Philipp Franz von Siebold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1638, Frederik Ruysch ranks 13. Before him are Emperor Go-Sai, Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, Meindert Hobbema, James Gregory, Elisabetta Sirani, and Christoph Cellarius. After him are Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, Carlo Fontana, Zeb-un-Nissa, John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen, Richard Simon, and Gerrit Berckheyde. Among people deceased in 1731, Frederik Ruysch ranks 8. Before him are Bartolomeo Cristofori, Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Brook Taylor, Antonio I, Prince of Monaco, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, and Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma. After him are Johann Ludwig Bach, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, Mary Astell, and Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Frederik Ruysch ranks 229 out of 1,427. Before him are Abraham Kuyper (1837), Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627), Saskia Sassen (1947), C. C. Catch (1964), Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510), and Jos Verstappen (1972). After him are Princess Christina of the Netherlands (1947), Frederick de Houtman (1571), Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613), Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856), and Otto van Veen (1556).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Frederik Ruysch ranks 8. Before him are Peter Canisius (1521), Cornelius Jansen (1585), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Johann Weyer (1515), Nicolaes Tulp (1593), and Gerard van Swieten (1700). After him are Franciscus Donders (1818), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Titus Brandsma (1881), Petrus Camper (1722), Herman Snellen (1834), and Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873).

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