Willem Einthoven

Willem Einthoven
Willem Einthoven in 1906
Born(1860-05-21)21 May 1860
Semarang, Dutch East Indies
Died29 September 1927(1927-09-29) (aged 67)
Leiden, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Utrecht
Known for
AwardsNobel Prize in Medicine in 1924
Scientific career
FieldsPhysiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Leiden

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").[1]

  1. ^ "Willem Einthoven". IEEE Global History Network. IEEE. Archived from the original on 7 July 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2011. original URL now redirects to https://ethw.org/Willem_Einthoven