Petrus Camper
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Petrus Camper
Peter, Pieter, or usually Petrus Camper (
May 11
,
1722
in
Leiden
–
April 7
,
1789
in
The Hague
) was a
Dutch
anatomist
,
anthropologist
and a
naturalist
, as well as an furniture maker, a sculptor and a patron of art. He also was an
orangist
burgomaster
of
Workum
and a member of the state council of the
Dutch Republic
. One of the first to interest himself to
comparative anatomy
and
paleontology
, he also invented the measure of the "facial angle", aimed at measuring the intelligence of animals and human beings in an attempt to
"scientifically" demonstrate racist theories
.
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