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Herman Snellen

1834 - 1908

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Herman Snellen (February 19, 1834 – January 18, 1908) was a Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1862). He took over directorship of the Netherlands Hospital for Eye Patients (Nederlandsch Gasthuis voor Ooglijders), after Franciscus Donders. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herman Snellen has received more than 67,208 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Herman Snellen is the 360th most popular physician, the 406th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 400th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Dutch Physician.

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  • 52.75

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Herman Snellen ranks 360 out of 502. Before him are Johann Christian Reil, Tasuku Honjo, Richard Wilhelm, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Ron Wyatt, and Willi Graf. After him are Robert Remak, Karl Friedrich Burdach, Rufus of Ephesus, Garcia de Orta, Adolph Kolping, and Scribonius Largus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Herman Snellen ranks 40. Before him are Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, William Chester Minor, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, Ewald Hering, Kamehameha IV, and José Hernández. After him are Adrien Proust, Ludovic Halévy, Carl Lange, Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, Étienne Laspeyres, and Serafino Vannutelli. Among people deceased in 1908, Herman Snellen ranks 44. Before him are Qasim Amin, François Coppée, Khudiram Bose, Karl Möbius, Cut Nyak Dhien, and Charles Chamberland. After him are Ludovic Halévy, Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Ouida, Nikolai Linevich, Edward MacDowell, and Georgy Voronoy.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Herman Snellen ranks 406 out of 1,427. Before him are Roche Braziliano (1630), Herman Willem Daendels (1762), Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611), Herman Gorter (1864), Cornelis Cort (1533), and Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625). After him are Pieter Both (1568), Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Adriaen van de Venne (1589), Caspar van Wittel (1653), Louis Couperus (1863), and Ronald de Boer (1970).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Herman Snellen ranks 13. Before him are Gerard van Swieten (1700), Frederik Ruysch (1638), Franciscus Donders (1818), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Titus Brandsma (1881), and Petrus Camper (1722). After him are Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873), Willem Johan Kolff (1911), Joep Lange (1954), and Wim Eijk (1953).

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