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Nicolaes Tulp

1593 - 1674

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Nicolaes Tulp (9 October 1593 – 12 September 1674) was a Dutch surgeon and mayor of Amsterdam. Tulp was well known for his upstanding moral character and as the subject of Rembrandt's famous painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolaes Tulp has received more than 135,353 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Nicolaes Tulp is the 209th most popular physician (down from 208th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 204th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Dutch Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Nicolaes Tulp ranks 209 out of 502Before him are Maurice Bucaille, Paul Gachet, Andrea Cesalpino, Johann Weyer, Guy de Chauliac, and Leonhart Fuchs. After him are Norman Bethune, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Li Shizhen, Carl von Rokitansky, and Paul of Aegina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1593, Nicolaes Tulp ranks 8Before him are Georges de La Tour, Jacob Jordaens, Mumtaz Mahal, Toyotomi Hideyori, Matthäus Merian, and George I Rákóczi. After him are Balthasar van der Ast, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Anthony van Diemen, George Herbert, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Jean de Brébeuf. Among people deceased in 1674, Nicolaes Tulp ranks 6Before him are John Milton, Hyeonjong of Joseon, Philippe de Champaigne, Giacomo Carissimi, and Jan Lievens. After him are Jean Chapelain, Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, John Graunt, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Matthias Weckmann, and Leonaert Bramer.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nicolaes Tulp ranks 205 out of 1,427Before him are Johannes Heesters (1903), Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527), Johan Jongkind (1819), Joan Blaeu (1596), Gerard 't Hooft (1946), and Salomon van Ruysdael (1602). After him are Pieter Lastman (1583), L. E. J. Brouwer (1881), Gaius Julius Civilis (25), Willem Kalf (1619), Theo Jansen (1948), and Jan Janszoon (1570).

Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Nicolaes Tulp ranks 6Before him are Christiaan Eijkman (1858), Peter Canisius (1521), Cornelius Jansen (1585), Regnier de Graaf (1641), and Johann Weyer (1515). After him are Gerard van Swieten (1700), Frederik Ruysch (1638), Franciscus Donders (1818), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Titus Brandsma (1881), and Petrus Camper (1722).