CHEMIST

Andreas Libavius

1555 - 1616

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Libavius is the 309th most popular chemist (down from 253rd in 2019), the 1,593rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,336th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Andreas Libavius ranks 309 out of 602. Before him are Germain Henri Hess, Antoine Baumé, Alexandre Brongniart, Kaoru Ishikawa, Kamala Sohonie, and Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein. After him are Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, William Henry, Fritz London, Anselme Payen, and Smithson Tennant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1555, Andreas Libavius ranks 7. Before him are Francis, Duke of Anjou, Ludovico Carracci, Edward Kelley, Konishi Yukinaga, Naresuan, and Cesare Ripa. After him are Johann Arndt, François de Malherbe, Louise de Coligny, Dong Qichang, Giovanni Antonio Magini, and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon. Among people deceased in 1616, Andreas Libavius ranks 9. Before him are Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Vincenzo Scamozzi, Jacob Le Maire, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, and John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Magdalene of Brandenburg, Simeon Bekbulatovich, Johannes Fabricius, Kuzma Minin, Tang Xianzu, and Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Andreas Libavius ranks 1,593 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Scharoun (1893), Mary Wigman (1886), Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802), Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1752), and Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818). After him are Hans Schäfer (1927), Pascual Jordan (1902), Johann Arndt (1555), Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (1878), Kurt Franz (1914), and Otto Wels (1873).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Andreas Libavius ranks 46. After him are Feodor Lynen (1911), Joachim Sauer (1949), Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799), Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795), Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709), John Polanyi (1929), Leopold Gmelin (1788), Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818), Clemens Winkler (1838), Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794), Thomas C. Südhof (1955), and Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806).

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