BIOLOGIST

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738

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Herman Boerhaave (Dutch: [ˈɦɛrmɑm ˈbuːrˌɦaːvə], 31 December 1668 – 23 September 1738) was a Dutch botanist, chemist, Christian humanist, and physician of European fame. He is regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital and is sometimes referred to as "the father of physiology," along with Venetian physician Santorio Santorio (1561–1636). Boerhaave introduced the quantitative approach into medicine, along with his pupil Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777) and is best known for demonstrating the relation of symptoms to lesions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herman Boerhaave has received more than 215,434 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Herman Boerhaave is the 72nd most popular biologist (down from 67th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 96th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Biologist.

Herman Boerhaave is most famous for his contributions to the field of medicine. He was a Dutch physician who is credited with discovering the connection between the esophagus and the stomach. He is also credited with developing the medical school at Leiden University.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Herman Boerhaave ranks 72 out of 1,097. Before him are André Michel Lwoff, August Weismann, Ulisse Aldrovandi, Alexander Oparin, Robert Edwards, and Ferdinand Cohn. After him are Max Theiler, Ernst Mayr, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Svante Pääbo, Dmitri Ivanovsky, and Bernard Katz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1668, Herman Boerhaave ranks 4. Before him are Giambattista Vico, François Couperin, and Sophia Charlotte of Hanover. After him are Alain-René Lesage, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Sultan Husayn, John George IV, Elector of Saxony, Francesco Gasparini, Louis, Prince of Condé, Petr Brandl, and Apostolo Zeno. Among people deceased in 1738, Herman Boerhaave ranks 1. After him are Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Jean-François Dandrieu, Turlough O'Carolan, Caspar Bartholin the Younger, George Bähr, Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg, Matthias Braun, Jean-Joseph Mouret, and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Herman Boerhaave ranks 104 out of 1,646. Before him are Gabriël Metsu (1629), Carel Fabritius (1622), Joris Ivens (1898), Norbert of Xanten (1080), Leo Beenhakker (1942), and Multatuli (1820). After him are Jacobus Arminius (1560), Kees van Dongen (1877), Marinus van der Lubbe (1909), Jan van Goyen (1596), Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562), and William II of Holland (1228).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, Herman Boerhaave ranks 4. Before him are Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632), Hugo de Vries (1848), and Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907). After him are Jan Swammerdam (1637), Martinus Beijerinck (1851), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727), Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778), Pieter Boddaert (1730), Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734), Pieter Bleeker (1819), and Johannes Burman (1707).

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