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Willem Einthoven

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Willem Einthoven
Willem Einthoven
Born(1860-05-21)21 May 1860
Semarang, Java, then Dutch East Indies
Died29 September 1927(1927-09-29) (aged 67)
Leiden, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Utrecht
Known forthe electrocardiogram
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1924)
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
InstitutionsLeiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands

Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 – 29 September 1927) was an Dutch doctor.[1] He won the 1924 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for inventing the electrocardiogram.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ "Biography of Willem Einthoven". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
  2. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1924". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2007-07-28.


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