Joseph Friedrich Blumenbach

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Joseph_Friedrich_Blumenbach
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1752-05-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Gotha,_Duchy_of_Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
gptkbp:deathDate 1840-01-22
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Göttingen,_Kingdom_of_Hanover
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Christian_Gottlob_Heyne
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Göttingen
gptkb:University_of_Jena
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Göttingen
gptkbp:field gptkb:medicine
anthropology
comparative anatomy
zoology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Joseph Friedrich Blumenbach
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Alexander_von_Humboldt
gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Carl_Linnaeus
gptkbp:knownFor classification of human races
founder of physical anthropology
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Göttingen_Academy_of_Sciences_and_Humanities
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:German
gptkbp:notableWork De generis humani varietate nativa
Handbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:anthropologist
gptkb:naturalist
gptkb:physician
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Göttingen,_Germany
gptkbp:spouse Charlotte Schlosser
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Italian_wolf
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5