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18th-century anthropologists

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Ami BouéAuthor · Maps and atlasesAmi Boué (16 March 1794 – 21 November 1881) was a geologist of French Huguenot origin. Ami Boué was born at Hamburg, he was trained in Edinburgh and across Europe.
Carl Friedrich Philipp von MartiusAuthor · Maps and atlasesCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer.
Edme-François JomardAuthor · Maps and atlasesEdme-François Jomard (lang; 1777 – September 22, 1862) was a French cartographer, engineer, and archaeologist.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Self-portrait
Georg Friedrich CreuzerAuthor · BooksGeorg Friedrich Creuzer (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈkʁɔʏtsɐ]; 10 March 1771 – 6 February 1858) was a German philologist and archaeologist.
Gian Rinaldo CarliAuthor · BooksGian Rinaldo Carli (11 April 1720 – 22 February 1795), also known by other names, was a Venetian economist, historian, and antiquarian.
Hester StanhopeAuthor · BooksLady Hester Lucy Stanhope (12 March 1776 – 23 June 1839) was a British adventurer, writer, antiquarian, and one of the most famous travellers of her age.
Immanuel KantAuthor · BooksImmanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher.
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de PerthesAuthor · BooksJacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (10 September 1788 – 5 August 1868), sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes (uklang), was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his…
James StuartArtist · PaintingsJames "Athenian" Stuart (1713 – 2 February 1788) was a British archaeologist, architect and artist, best known for publishing carefully measured architectural prints, including the smallest…
Jan PotockiAuthor · BooksCount Jan Potocki (8 March 1761 – 23 December 1815) was a Polish nobleman, ethnologist, linguist, traveller and author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a…
Jean-Baptiste ViettyArtist · SculptureIllustration — Vietty's Apollino (Musée des Beaux-Arts of Lyon)
Jean-Jacques BarthélemyAuthor · BooksJean-Jacques Barthélemy (20 January 1716 – 30 April 1795) was a French Catholic clergyman, archaeologist, numismatologist and scholar who became the first person to decipher an extinct…
John PinkertonAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — John Pinkerton
József KossicsAuthor · BooksJózsef Kossics, also known in Slovene as Jožef Košič (around October 9, 1788, Bogojina, Austria-Hungary – December 26, 1867, Felsőszölnök), was a Hungarian-Slovenian writer, Catholic…
Karl Ludwig FernowAuthor · BooksIllustration — Karl Ludwig Fernow
Leopoldo CicognaraArtist · PaintingsCount Leopoldo Cicognara (17 November 1767, in Ferrara – 5 March 1834, in Venice) was an Italian artist, art collector, art historian and bibliophile.
Luigi LanziAuthor · BooksLuigi Antonio Lanzi (13 June 1732 – 31 March 1810) was an Italian Jesuit priest, known for his writings as an art historian and archaeologist.
Nikolay Alexandrovich LvovAuthor · BooksNikolay Aleksandrovich Lvov (May 4, 1753 – December 21, 1803) was a Russian artist of the Age of Enlightenment.
Richard PocockeAuthor · BooksRichard Pococke (19 November 1704 – 25 September 1765) was an English clergyman and writer. He was the Bishop of Ossory (1756–65) and Meath (1765), both dioceses of the Church of Ireland.
Thomas YoungPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Young (13 June 177310 May 1829) was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony,…
Wilhelm GrimmAuthor · BooksWilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl; 24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859) was a German writer, philologist and anthropologist.
Wilhelm von HumboldtAuthor · BooksFriedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt…
William JonesAuthor · BooksWilliam Jones was a British and English anthropologist, linguist, judge, translator, poet and writer (1746–1794). He was born in Westminster and died in Kolkata.

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