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BIOLOGIST

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 25,120 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Volcher Coiter is the 591st most popular biologist, the 603rd most popular biography from Netherlands and the 14th most popular Dutch Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Volcher Coiter ranks 591 out of 841Before him are Franz Unger, Gerrit Smith Miller, Ignaz Schiffermüller, Fritz Schaudinn, Marie Jules César Savigny, and Robert Swinhoe. After him are Shi Zhengli, Roberto de Visiani, John Isaac Briquet, Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, Friedrich Reinitzer, and Alfred Cogniaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1534, Volcher Coiter ranks 16Before him are Guru Ram Das, Giovanni de' Bardi, Robert Garnier, Setthathirath, Zacharias Ursinus, and Fernando de Herrera.  Among people deceased in 1576, Volcher Coiter ranks 14Before him are Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bálint Bakfark, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Bartolomé Carranza, and Nicola Vicentino. After him is Juan de Salcedo.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Volcher Coiter ranks 603 out of 1,427Before him are Gysbert Japiks (1603), Yolanda Hadid (1964), Nigel de Jong (1984), Martin van Creveld (1946), Janwillem van de Wetering (1931), and Fedde Schurer (1898). After him are Hendrik van Gent (1900), Arie den Hartog (1941), Michel de Klerk (1884), Jan van Bijlert (1597), Wilhelmina Cooper (1939), and Gerbrand Bredero (1585).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

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