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Otto Casmann
Born
1562 (1562)
Warburg, Germany
Died
1607 (aged 44–45)
Stade, Germany
Alma mater
University of Marburg University of Helmstedt University of Heidelberg
Notable work
Psychologia Anthropologica (2 volumes)
Era
Renaissance Humanism
Main interests
Philosophy Theology Anthropology Psychology
Notable ideas
Coined definition of anthropology
Otto Casmann (1562 – 1 August 1607)[1] (also known by the Latinized name Casmannus) was a German humanist who converted from Catholicism to Protestantism as a young man.
^Fernando Vidal (1 December 2011). The Sciences of the Soul: The Early Modern Origins of Psychology. University of Chicago Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-226-85588-2.
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