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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1920s (54) 1924 (3) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1860s (52) 1860 (5) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Asia (96) Asia, southeast (5) Indonesia (1) Semarang (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1920s (25) 1927 (3) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) Netherlands (9) Leiden (2) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) W (48) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) E (23) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 65 (29) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (70) Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners (69) Physicians (65) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) Netherlands (19) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) Netherlands (10) Leiden (3) Leiden University (3) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) Netherlands (31) Leiden (16) Leiden University (16) Long-term academic staff (3) Utrecht (14) University of Utrecht (14) Alumni (7) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (64) Royal Society (294) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (111) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards M-N (333) N (205) National Inventor Hall of Fame (33) complete name: Willem Einthoven nobel prize: medicine award year: 1924 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1924 was awarded to Willem Einthoven "for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Willem family name: Einthoven occupation: physician occupation: professor occupation: inventor occupation: physiologist occupation: Doctor of Science field of work: physiology work location: Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands description: Willem Einthoven was a Dutch doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) in 1903 and received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1924 for it. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1924. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1924/summary/> date birth: 1860 date death: 1927 usual name: Willem Einthoven
