List of Famous people named Petrus

Here are some famous Petruses:

Petrus Gonsalvus

First Name Petrus
Last Name Gonsalvus
Born on November 30, 1536
Died on November 30, 1617 (aged 81)

Petrus Gonsalvus, referred to by Ulisse Aldrovandi as "the man of the woods", became famous during his lifetime because of his condition, hypertrichosis. His life at various courts in Italy and France has been well chronicled.

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Petrus Ramus

First Name Petrus
Last Name Ramus
Born on November 30, 1514
Died on August 26, 1572 (aged 57)

Petrus Ramus was an influential French humanist, logician, and educational reformer. A Protestant convert, he was one of the most prominent victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.

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Petrus Alphonsi

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First Name Petrus
Last Name Alphonsi
Born on November 30, 1061
Died on January 1, 1140 (aged 78)
Born in Spain, Aragon

Petrus Alphonsi was a Jewish Spanish physician, writer, astronomer, and polemicist, who converted to Christianity in 1106. He is also known just as Alphonsi, and as Peter Alfonsi or Peter Alphonso and was born Moses Sephardi). Born in Islamic Spain, he mostly lived in England and France after his conversion.

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Petrus Laurentius Regout

First Name Petrus
Last Name Regout
Born on March 23, 1801
Died on February 18, 1878 (aged 76)
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Petrus Josephus Johannus Sophia Marie van der Does de Willebois

First Name Petrus
Last Name Willebois
Born on January 9, 1843
Died on May 11, 1937 (aged 94)

Petrus Josephus Johannus Sophia Maria van der Does de Willebois was a Dutch jonkheer and politician affiliated with the General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses. He was mayor of 's-Hertogenbosch and member of the Senate.

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Petrus Camper

First Name Petrus
Last Name Camper
Born on May 11, 1722
Died on April 7, 1789 (aged 66)

Petrus Camper FRS, was a Dutch physician, anatomist, physiologist, midwife, zoologist, anthropologist, palaeontologist and a naturalist in the Age of Enlightenment. He was one of the first to take an interest in comparative anatomy, palaeontology, and the facial angle. He was among the first to mark out an "anthropology," which he distinguished from natural history. He studied the orangutan, the javan rhinoceros, and the skull of a mosasaur, which he believed was a whale. Camper was a celebrity in Europe and became a member of the Royal Society (1750), the Göttingen (1779), and Russian Academy of Sciences (1778), the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783), the French (1786) and the Prussian Academy of Sciences (1788). He designed and constructed tools for his patients, and for surgeries. He was amateur-drawer, a sculptor, a patron of art and a conservative, royalist politician. Camper published some lectures containing an account of his craniometrical methods. These laid the foundation of all subsequent work.

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Petrus Jacobus Kipp

First Name Petrus
Last Name Kipp
Born on March 5, 1808
Died on February 3, 1864 (aged 55)

Petrus Jacobus Kipp was a Dutch apothecary, chemist and instrument maker. He became known as the inventor of the Kipp apparatus, chemistry equipment for the development of gases.

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Petrus Musaeus

First Name Petrus
Last Name Musaeus
Born on August 7, 1620
Died on December 20, 1674 (aged 54)
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Petrus Canisius van Lierde

First Name Petrus
Last Name Lierde
Born on April 22, 1907
Died on March 12, 1995 (aged 87)

Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A., served forty years from 1951 to 1991 as Vicar General for the Vatican City State, and was the longest serving official in that position.

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Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp

First Name Petrus
Last Name Peerlkamp
Died on March 28, 1865

Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp was a Dutch classical scholar and critic.

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