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Johannes Hartmann (
Amberg, 14 January 1568 –
Kassel, 7 December 1631) was a German
chemist
A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe t ...
.
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
pharmaceutical
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s. He was the father-in-law of
Heinrich Petraeus.
References
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
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