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Volcher Coiter

1534 - 1576

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Volcher Coiter (also spelled Coyter or Koyter; Latin: Volcherus Coiterus; 1534 – 2 June 1576) was a Dutch anatomist who established the study of comparative osteology and first described cerebrospinal meningitis. He also studied the human eye and was able to demonstrate the replenishment of the aqueous humor. Coiter's muscle is a name sometimes used for the corrugator superciliaris that is involved in wrinkling of the eyebrow. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Volcher Coiter has received more than 27,510 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Volcher Coiter is the 636th most popular biologist (down from 590th in 2019), the 661st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 601st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Dutch Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Volcher Coiter ranks 636 out of 1,097. Before him are Carl-Gustaf Rossby, René Maire, Edmund Beecher Wilson, Ludwik Hirszfeld, Adrien René Franchet, and Nikolay Drozdov. After him are Anna Russell, Michel Félix Dunal, Alphonse Milne-Edwards, William Withering, David Don, and Charles David Keeling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1534, Volcher Coiter ranks 18. Before him are Giovanni de' Bardi, Hans Bol, Setthathirath, Robert Garnier, Zacharias Ursinus, and Fernando de Herrera. After him is Dirck Barendsz. Among people deceased in 1576, Volcher Coiter ranks 15. Before him are Bálint Bakfark, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bartolomé Carranza, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Nicola Vicentino, and Levina Teerlinc. After him is Juan de Salcedo.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Volcher Coiter ranks 661 out of 1,646. Before him are Jan de Vries (1890), Jacobus Golius (1596), Herman Snellen (1834), Afrojack (1987), Peter Post (1933), and Kees van Ierssel (1945). After him are Settela Steinbach (1934), Estella Agsteribbe (1909), Maarten Stekelenburg (1982), Ramon Dekkers (1969), Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873), and Dirck Barendsz (1534).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, Volcher Coiter ranks 14. Before him are Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778), Pieter Boddaert (1730), Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734), Pieter Bleeker (1819), Johannes Burman (1707), and George Clifford III (1685). After him are Jan Frederik Gronovius (1686), C. B. van Niel (1897), Wilhem de Haan (1801), Wim Crusio (1954), and Pieter Willem Korthals (1807).

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