A biography of Dutch biologist, physiologist and ophthalmologist Franciscus Cornelis Donders is presented. He was born on May 27, 1818 at a small manufacturing town of Tilburg in Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He entered the Military Medical School in Utrecht in 1935 to begin his medical education and completed his studies at the University of Utrecht. He became a junior military surgeon in a garrison in Flushing in 1840. An overview of his accomplishments and career highlights is presented.