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Frans Cornelis Donders: Quick Facts

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Born May 27, 1818 • Tilburg • Netherlands
Died March 24, 1889 (aged 70) • Utrecht • Netherlands
Subjects Of Study astigmatism • disease • eye • hyperopia • myopia • pathology • physiology

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Donders, engraving by H. Dilcher after a drawing by F. Kriehuber, c. 1860
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