Willem Einthoven
Dutch medical doctor and physiologist
Willem Einthoven was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it. Wikipedia
Born: May 21, 1860, Semarang, Indonesia
Died: September 29, 1927 (age 67 years), Leiden, Netherlands
Known for: First practical electrocardiogram machine; Clinical electrocardiography; Einthoven's triangle
Education: Utrecht University
Partner: Frédérique Jeanne Louise de Vogel
Parents: Jacob Einthoven and Louise Marie Mathilde Caroline de Vogel