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Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A distinguished German naturalist and ethnologist, born at Gotha; studied at Jena; became professor at Göttingen, an office he filled for 60 years; his works gave a great impulse to scientific research in all directions; the chief were "Institutiones Physiologicæ," "Manual of Natural History," "Manual of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology"; he made craniology a special study; was a great advocate for religious liberty (1752-1840).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/blumenbach-johann-friedrich.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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