Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring
1755
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1830
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country of citizenship: Kingdom of Prussia
languages spoken, written or signed: German
educated at: University of Göttingen
occupation: paleontologist, physician, anatomist, university teacher, anthropologist, physiologist
award received: Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (28 January 1755 – 2 March 1830) was a German physician, anatomist, anthropologist, paleontologist and inventor. Sömmerring discovered the macula in the retina of the human eye. His investigations on the brain and the nervous system, on the sensory organs, on the embryo and its malformations, on the structure of the lungs, etc., made him one of the most important German anatomists. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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