Johann_Christoph_Andreas_Mayer

Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer

Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer

German anatomist

Johann Christophe Andreas Mayer (December 8, 1747 – November 1801) was a German anatomist.[1]

Johann Christoph Portrait

Mayer worked in Berlin and later Frankfurt. In 1788, he was the first European to recognize that fingerprints were unique to each individual.[2][3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Integrated Authority File". wikidata. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. [2]
    Mayer, Johann Christoph Andreas (1788). Anatomische Kupfertafeln nebst dazu gehörigen Erklärungen [Anatomical Illustrations (etchings) with Accompanying Explanations, volume 4]. Berlin, Prussia: Georg Jacob Decker und Sohn. p. 5. From page 5: "Zweite Figur. … Obwohl niemals bey zween Menschen die Lagen der Hautwärzgen übereinkommen, … " (Second figure. … Although the positions of the skin papillae never agree between two people, … ) Available on-line at: University of Heidelberg. See also: illustrations of friction ridges.
  3. [3]
    Miller Grinstead, Charles; Paul Peterson, William; Laurie Snell, James (2010). Probability Tales. USA: American Mathematical Society. p. 192. ISBN 9780821852613. Retrieved 12 August 2014.


Flag of GermanyScientist icon

This article about a German scientist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Johann_Christoph_Andreas_Mayer, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.