German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)

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Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. Etching by L.E. Grimm, 1823.

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after Riep.

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. Stipple engraving by J. F. Bolt after L. E. Grimm, 1825.

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. Engraving.

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. Mezzotint by J.E. Haid.

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. Stipple engraving.

Evolutionary ideas in the writings of J.F. Blumenbach (1752-1840) / Walter Baron.

Friedrich Tiedemann (1781-1861) und Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840) : Anthropologie und Sklavenfrage / Hans-Konrad Schmutz.

Vitalism in late eighteenth-century physiology : the cases of Barthez, Blumenbach and John Hunter / Francois Duchesneau.

De generis humani varietate nativa / Auctore, Io. Frid. Blumenbach.

Beyträge zur Naturgeschichte. Ester Theil / von Joh. Fr. Blumenbach.

Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary; with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / By Richard Bright, M. D.

Human physiology / By John Elliotson ... With which is incorporated, much of the elementary part of the 'Institutiones physiologicae' of J.F. Blumenbach.

Specimen historiae naturalis antiquae artis operibus illustratae eaque vicissim illustrantis / [Johann Friedrich Blumenbach].

Decas collectionis suae craniorum diversarum gentium illustrata.

Travels from Vienna through lower Hungary : with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / by Richard Bright.

D. Jo. Frid. Blumenbachii prof. medic. ordin. Societ. Reg. Scientiar. Gotting. aliarumque membr. Institutiones physiologicae accedunt tabulae aeneae / [Johann Friedrich Blumenbach].

A short system of comparative anatomy / translated from the German of J. F. Blumenbach ... by William Lawrence ... with numerous additional notes and an introductory view on the classification of animals, by the translator.

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Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

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Works from the collections

Specimen historiae naturalis antiquae artis operibus illustratae eaque vicissim illustrantis / [Johann Friedrich Blumenbach].

Decas collectionis suae craniorum diversarum gentium illustrata.

Travels from Vienna through lower Hungary : with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / by Richard Bright.

D. Jo. Frid. Blumenbachii prof. medic. ordin. Societ. Reg. Scientiar. Gotting. aliarumque membr. Institutiones physiologicae accedunt tabulae aeneae / [Johann Friedrich Blumenbach].

A short system of comparative anatomy / translated from the German of J. F. Blumenbach ... by William Lawrence ... with numerous additional notes and an introductory view on the classification of animals, by the translator.

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Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

Images from the collections

Images by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

Images featuring Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

Works from the collections

Specimen historiae naturalis antiquae artis operibus illustratae eaque vicissim illustrantis / [Johann Friedrich Blumenbach].

Decas collectionis suae craniorum diversarum gentium illustrata.

Travels from Vienna through lower Hungary : with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / by Richard Bright.

D. Jo. Frid. Blumenbachii prof. medic. ordin. Societ. Reg. Scientiar. Gotting. aliarumque membr. Institutiones physiologicae accedunt tabulae aeneae / [Johann Friedrich Blumenbach].

A short system of comparative anatomy / translated from the German of J. F. Blumenbach ... by William Lawrence ... with numerous additional notes and an introductory view on the classification of animals, by the translator.

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