Georges Cuvier praised his "genius eye" but criticised him for keeping himself to simple sketches.
He had a eulogy in his honour composed by Nicolas de Condorcet and Félix Vicq-d'Azyr.
Camper influenced Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton.

His son Adriaan Gilles Camper published much of his father's unpublished research in addition to a biography of him.

The Dutch author Thomas Rosenboom used Petrus Camper as a character in his novel, Gewassen vlees (1994).
Georges Cuvier praised his "genius eye" but criticised him for keeping himself to simple sketches. He had a eulogy in his honour composed by Nicolas de Condorcet and Félix Vicq-d'Azyr. Camper influenced Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton.
His son Adriaan Gilles Camper published much of his father's unpublished research in addition to a biography of him.
The Dutch author Thomas Rosenboom used Petrus Camper as a character in his novel, Gewassen vlees (1994).
Petrus Camper