Petrus Camper
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Dutch scientist (1722-1789)
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Petrus Camper appears in Vinony's Fellows of the Royal Society collection — one of 9,360 entries.
Within Vinony's link graph, Petrus Camper is referenced by 212 other articles, and connects out to Carl Linnaeus, Denis Diderot and paleontology.
It is catalogued under topics including 1722 births, 1789 deaths and 18th-century Dutch anatomists.
Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Petrus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dutch Republic
- Place of birth
- Leiden
- Place of death
- The Hague
- Occupation
- botanist
- Educated at
- Leiden University
- Employer
- University of Groningen
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Doctoral advisor
- Pieter van Musschenbroek
- Field of work
- physiology
- Image
- Petrus-Camper-(professor).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Leiden
- Residence
- Netherlands
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- Commons category
- Petrus Camper
- date of birth
- 1722-05-11
- date of death
- 1789-04-08
- name in native language
- Petrus Camper
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- has works in the collection
- Museum De Lakenhal
- P8168
- Midsomer Murders
- Commons Creator page
- Petrus Camper
- interested in
- anatomy
Sources (8)
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Carl Linnaeus
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Denis Diderot
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paleontology
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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great chain of being
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Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam
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mathematics
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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anatomy
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racism
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The Hague
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zoology
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species
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Age of Enlightenment
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rabies
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Potsdam
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Categories
1722 births1789 deaths18th-century Dutch anatomists18th-century Dutch naturalistsAcademic staff of the University of AmsterdamAcademic staff of the University of FranekerBotanists with author abbreviationsDutch fellows of the Royal SocietyFounder fellows of the Royal Society of EdinburghLeiden University alumniMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyMembers of the French Academy of SciencesScientists from Leiden