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Johann Friedrich Blumenbach |
 | | Johann Blumenbach was born into a wealthy Protestant family to his father, Heinrich and his mother, Charlotte Eleonore Hedwig Buddeus in Gotta, Germany on May 11 (Gillispie 203). |
 | | Blumenbach later studies were based mainly on his role in the founding of scientific anthropology. |
 | | Although, Blumenbach was a pioneer collector of human crania and often cited as the fonder of craniology, he didnt contribute to the development of any craniometric methods. |
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