| Authorised form of name | Blumenbach; Johann Friedrich (1752 - 1840) |
| Dates | 1752 - 1840 |
| Place of birth | Gotha, Germany |
| Date of birth | 11 May 1752 |
| Place of death | Gottingen, Germany |
| Date of death | 22 January 1840 |
| Research field | Natural history |
| Anthropology |
| Comparative anatomy |
| Activity | Education:
Studied at Jena and Gottingen. MD (1755)
Career:
Professor Extraordinarius (1776) and Professor Ordinarius (1778-1840) of Medicine, Gottingen
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 11/04/1793 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1840 No 45 pp 265-267
References:
Linde Katritzky, 'Coleridge's Links with Leading Men of Science' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 261-276 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/71570755 |
| Royal Society code | NA6723 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/000412 | Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich | nd |
| IM/000413 | Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich | nd |
| L&P/11/133 | Paper, 'Some anatomical observations on ornithorhynchus paradoxus of New South Wales' by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach | 1800 |
| L&P/11/133/1 | Paper, 'Some anatomical observations on ornithorhynchus paradoxus of New South Wales' by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach | 1800 |
| EC/1793/03 | Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PT/51/8 | Paper, 'On the megatherium, (Megatherium americanum, Cuvier and Blumenbach), part II. Vertebrœ of the trunk' by Professor [Richard] Owen | [1850] |
| L&P/10/81 | Paper, 'Observations on some Egyptian mummies opened in London' by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach | 15 December 1793 |