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Petrus Camper

1722 - 1789

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Petrus Camper FRS (11 May 1722 – 7 April 1789), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petrus Camper has received more than 100,752 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Petrus Camper is the 387th most popular physician (down from 342nd in 2019), the 474th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 390th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Dutch Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Petrus Camper ranks 387 out of 726. Before him are Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Nicolae Paulescu, Karl Friedrich Burdach, Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, Scribonius Largus, and Hans Münch. After him are William Bayliss, Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Richard Wilhelm, Warren Sturgis McCulloch, Peseshet, and Johann Jakob Scheuchzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1722, Petrus Camper ranks 21. Before him are Paisius of Hilendar, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Nicolas Luckner, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, and John Burgoyne. After him are Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen, Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel, Anna Louisa Karsch, and Christopher Smart. Among people deceased in 1789, Petrus Camper ranks 14. Before him are Charles-Michel de l'Épée, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, Franz Xaver Richter, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Paolo Renier, and Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. After him are John Cleland, Jakob II Bernoulli, Jafar Khan, Anders Dahl, Sayed Morad Khan, and Jack Broughton.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Petrus Camper ranks 474 out of 1,646. Before him are Anthon van Rappard (1858), Dirk Stikker (1897), Louis Couperus (1863), Pierre van Hooijdonk (1969), Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1566), and Jan Gies (1905). After him are Gerrit Berckheyde (1638), Cornelis Ketel (1548), Jacob Moleschott (1822), Isaac van Ostade (1621), Dick van Dijk (1946), and Caesar van Everdingen (1616).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Petrus Camper ranks 12. Before him are Johann Weyer (1515), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Frederik Ruysch (1638), Franciscus Donders (1818), Gerard van Swieten (1700), and Titus Brandsma (1881). After him are Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873), Wim Eijk (1953), Willem Johan Kolff (1911), Herman Snellen (1834), Joep Lange (1954), and Willem Piso (1611).

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