BIOLOGIST

Jan Swammerdam

1637 - 1680

Photo of Jan Swammerdam

Icon of person Jan Swammerdam

Jan or Johannes Swammerdam (February 12, 1637 – February 17, 1680) was a Dutch biologist and microscopist. His work on insects demonstrated that the various phases during the life of an insect—egg, larva, pupa, and adult—are different forms of the same animal. As part of his anatomical research, he carried out experiments on muscle contraction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Swammerdam has received more than 203,404 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Jan Swammerdam is the 107th most popular biologist (down from 82nd in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 106th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Biologist.

Jan Swammerdam is most famous for his work in anatomy and microscopy. He was the first to describe the erythrocyte, or red blood cell, and he also discovered the spermatozoa, or male reproductive cell.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Jan Swammerdam ranks 107 out of 1,097. Before him are John Franklin Enders, Jean Dausset, Nettie Stevens, Thomas Huckle Weller, Louis Agassiz, and Edward Tatum. After him are Julian Huxley, Nikolay Pirogov, Georg Forster, Alfred Hershey, John Gurdon, and Aimé Bonpland.

Most Popular Biologists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1637, Jan Swammerdam ranks 2. Before him is Dieterich Buxtehude. After him are Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Anne Hyde, Nicolas Catinat, Bernardo Pasquini, Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Jan van der Heyden, Anne Marie Martinozzi, Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau, Jacques Marquette, and Edmund Andros. Among people deceased in 1680, Jan Swammerdam ranks 7. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Shivaji, François de La Rochefoucauld, Athanasius Kircher, Nicolas Fouquet, and Raimondo Montecuccoli. After him are Willem Claesz. Heda, Ferdinand Bol, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Emperor Go-Mizunoo, and Samuel Butler.

Others Born in 1637

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1680

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Swammerdam ranks 141 out of 1,646. Before him are Anton Mauve (1838), Etty Hillesum (1914), Geert Hofstede (1928), Pim Fortuyn (1948), Pieter van der Aa (1659), and Bernard Haitink (1929). After him are Ary Scheffer (1795), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Johnny Rep (1951), Gaius Julius Civilis (25), Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918), and Martinus Beijerinck (1851).

Others born in Netherlands

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, Jan Swammerdam ranks 5. Before him are Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632), Hugo de Vries (1848), Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907), and Herman Boerhaave (1668). After him are 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).

Dutch born Biologists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous