Petrus Camper
Dutch scientist
Born on: May 11, 1722Died on: April 7, 1789
Aged: 66 years 331 days (802 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Dutch
Birth Sign: Taurus
Petrus Camper FRS, was a Dutch physician, anatomist, physiologist, midwife, zoologist, anthropologist, palaeontologist and a naturalist in the Age of Enlightenment.
He was one of the first to take an interest in comparative anatomy, palaeontology, and the facial angle. He was among the first to mark out an "anthropology," which he distinguished from natural history.
He studied the orangutan, the Javan rhinoceros, and the skull of a mosasaur, which he believed was a whale.
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