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Willem Einthoven — Age & Birthday
Born: 21 May 1860 · Died: 28 September 1927 · Age at death: 67
How old was Willem Einthoven when he died?
Willem Einthoven died aged 67. He was born on 21 May 1860 and died on 28 September 1927.
Nobel Prize winner who invented the first practical electrocardiograph
Did you know?He established the naming convention for the waves on an ECG using the letters P, Q, R, S and T, which remains the medical standard.
Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 – 29 September 1927) was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph (ECG or EKG) in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it ("for the discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram").
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- Age at death
- 67
- Years since death
- 99
- Born
- May 21, 1860 · Semarang, Indonesia
- Died
- September 28, 1927
- Nationality
- Dutch
- Known for
- Science, Technology
Family
- Spouse
- Frédérique Jeanne Louise de Vogel
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