1858–1930
Christiaan Eijkman
Dutch physician
72years old at death
26,383days lived
55%of the people on this site died younger
Christiaan Eijkman was born on 11 August 1858 and died on 5 November 1930, aged 72 years and 86 days. That is 26,383 days in all.
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