Adam von Bodenstein (1528–1577) was a
Swiss
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Paracelsian
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alchemist
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and
physician
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. He was born in
Kemberg
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The town Kemberg consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal districts: near
Wittenberg
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in
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and died of the
plague
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in
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
. His father,
Andreas Rudolph Bodenstein von Karlstadt, was a prominent theologian and early Protestant opponent of
Martin Luther
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.
As the guiding force of early German Paracelsianism, Bodenstein published over forty Paracelsian titles from 1560, which had a tremendous influence on the later development of Paracelsianism. Since he published these texts without the knowledge of the Basel medical faculty, he was expelled from "Facultet und Consilio“ of the Basel University. Bodenstein also became, with
Gerhard Dorn
Gerhard Dorn (c. 1530 – 1584) was a Belgian philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile.
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The details of Gerhard Dorn's early life, along with those of many other 16th century personalities, are lost to history. ...
,
Johannes Oporinus
Johannes Oporinus (also Johannes Oporin; Latinised from the original German name: ''Johannes Herbster'' or ''Hans Herbst'') (25 January 1507 – 7 July 1568) was a humanist printer in Basel.
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Johannes Oporinus, the son of the painter Hans ...
, and
Michael Toxites, the most influential translator of the works of
Paracelsus
Paracelsus (; ; 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.
He w ...
.
References
Biography of Adam von Bodenstein*
1528 births
1577 deaths
People from Kemberg
Swiss alchemists
Paracelsians
16th-century alchemists
16th-century Swiss physicians
16th-century deaths from plague (disease)
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