Johannes Hartmann ( Amberg, 14 January 1568 – Kassel, 7 December 1631) was a German

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. In 1609, he became the first Professor of Chemistry at the

University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the wor ...

. His teaching dealt mainly with

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s. He was the father-in-law of Heinrich Petraeus.

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1568 births Date of birth unknown 1631 deaths Date of death unknown People from Amberg Academic staff of the University of Marburg 17th-century German chemists {{Germany-chemist-stub