Regnier de Graaf De Graaf was born in Schoonhoven, Netherlands, on July 30, 1641. He studied medicine at the universities of Utrecht, Leiden, Paris, and Angers, earning his degree from the last of these in 1665. He died at the age of thirty-two on August 21, 1673, appare... more
Regnier De Graaf 1641-1673 Dutch Anatomist In his very short career, Regnier de Graaf contributed to knowledge of the pancreas and the female reproductive system. He became the first scientist to identify and describe the ovary, and discovered a structure within the latt... more
