Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring

paleontologist

Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1755

Place of Birth: Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1830

Profession: physician, university teacher, paleontologist, physiologist, anthropologist, anatomist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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.