Andreas Libavius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Andreas Libavius

16th century German doctor and chemist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1555

Place of Birth: Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 25-Jul-1616

Profession: physician, chemist, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Andreas Libavius

  • Andreas Libavius or Andrew Libavius was born in Halle, Germany c.
  • 1550 and died in July 1616.
  • Libavius was a renaissance man who spent time as a professor at the University of Jena teaching history and poetry.
  • After which he became a physician at the Gymnasium in Rothenburg and later founded the Gymnasium at Coburg.
  • Libavius was most known for practicing alchemy and writing a book called Alchemia, one of the first chemistry textbooks ever written.

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