Hendrik Zwaardemaker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hendrik Zwaardemaker

Dutch physiologist

Date of Birth: 10-May-1857

Place of Birth: Haarlem, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 19-Sep-1930

Profession: physician, professor, university teacher, physiologist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Hendrik Zwaardemaker ((1857-05-10)10 May 1857 in Haarlem – (1930-09-19)19 September 1930 in Utrecht) was a Dutch scientist who invented the olfactometer in 1888.From 1897 to 1927 he was professor of Experimental Physiology at the University of Utrecht.
In 1903 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
In addition to his work on the sense of smell, he also conducted research on the human heart.
He found that salts of potassium and other radioactive elements stimulated the heart. His major work was "Die Physiologie des Geruchs" (Physiologie of Olfaction), it appeared in 1895.