Petrus Camper

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Peter, Pieter, or usually Petrus Camper (May 11, 1722 in Leyden – April 7, 1789 in The Hague) was a Dutch anatomist.

He held sundry professorships, and made a special study of the facial angle in connection with intelligence. He was an artist as well as a scientist, and a patron of art.

Works

• On the Best Form of Shoe

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.

 

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