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May 11, 1752 Gotha, Thuringia, Germany Died on 22 Jan 1840 (aged 87)
German physiologist and anthropologist
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About Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
- Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (11 May 1752 – 22 January 1840) was a German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist.
- He was one of the first to explore the study of the human being as an aspect of natural history.
- His teachings in comparative anatomy were applied to his classification of human races, of which he claimed there were five, Caucasian, Mongolian, Malayan, Ethiopian, and American.
- He was a member of the Göttingen School of History. Blumenbach's peers considered him one of the great theorists of his day, and he was a mentor or influence on many of the next generation of German biologists, including Alexander von Humboldt.
