Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Johann_Friedrich_Blumenbach
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gptkbp:birthDate 1752-05-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Gotha
gptkbp:deathDate 1840-01-22
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Göttingen
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Christian_Gottlob_Heyne
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Karl_Ernst_von_Baer
gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:University_of_Göttingen
gptkb:University_of_Jena
gptkbp:fieldOfWork anthropology
comparative anatomy
zoology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
gptkbp:knownFor classification of human races
founder of scientific anthropology
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Göttingen_Academy_of_Sciences_and_Humanities
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:German
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:De_Generis_Humani_Varietate_Nativa
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:anthropologist
gptkb:naturalist
gptkb:physician
gptkbp:proposedBy five-race model of human classification
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Albani_Cemetery,_Göttingen
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gptkb:Stadtfriedhof_Göttingen
gptkb:bird
gptkb:lion
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4