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Andreas Libavius (1555 – July 25, 1616) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 doctor
Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
 and chemist
Chemist

A chemist is a scientist trained in the science of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density, acidity, size and shape....
. Libavius was born in Halle
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt

Halle is the largest city in the Germany States of Germany of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia in North Rhine-Westphalia....
, Germany, as Andreas Libau. In Halle he attended the gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)

A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English Grammar schools in the United Kingdoms or sixth form colleges and U.S....
 and studied from the year 1576 in University of Wittenberg. From 1577 on he studied in the University of Jena in the faculties of philosophy and history. He obtained there the academic degree of magister artium. Additionally he attended also the lectures of medicine faculty there.

He worked at first as a teacher from the year 1581 in Ilmenau
Ilmenau

Ilmenau is a town located in the district of Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany.It is the biggest town in Ilm-Kreis district with 7,200 students studying at the Technische Universit?t Ilmenau....
 and from 1586 in Coburg.






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Andreas Libavius (1555 – July 25, 1616) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 doctor
Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
 and chemist
Chemist

A chemist is a scientist trained in the science of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density, acidity, size and shape....
. Libavius was born in Halle
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt

Halle is the largest city in the Germany States of Germany of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia in North Rhine-Westphalia....
, Germany, as Andreas Libau. In Halle he attended the gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)

A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English Grammar schools in the United Kingdoms or sixth form colleges and U.S....
 and studied from the year 1576 in University of Wittenberg. From 1577 on he studied in the University of Jena in the faculties of philosophy and history. He obtained there the academic degree of magister artium. Additionally he attended also the lectures of medicine faculty there.

He worked at first as a teacher from the year 1581 in Ilmenau
Ilmenau

Ilmenau is a town located in the district of Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany.It is the biggest town in Ilm-Kreis district with 7,200 students studying at the Technische Universit?t Ilmenau....
 and from 1586 in Coburg. In 1588 he went to Basel
Basel

Basel is Switzerland's third most populous city . With 731,000 inhabitants in the tri-national metropolitan area , Basel is Switzerland's third-largest urban area....
 and was promoted to the degree of medicinae doctor
Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine is a Doctorate for physicians . The degree is granted from medical schools.It is a first professional degree in some countries, including the United States and Canada, although training is entered after obtaining at least 90 hours of university level work ....
 and in the same year became a professor of history and poetics in Jena
Jena

Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. With a population of 103,000 it is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt....
. At the same time he also supervised the disputations in the field of medicine. In 1597, he wrote the first systematic chemistry
Chemistry

Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions....
 textbook, Alchemia, which included instructions for the preparation of several strong acid
Acid

An acid is traditionally considered any chemical compound that, when dissolved in water, gives a solution with a hydrogen ion Activity greater than in pure water, i.e....
s. Some of his writings were published under the name Basilius de Varna. Libavius died in Coburg where he held the position of the rector of the Gymnasium Casimirianum
John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg

Johann Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg , was a duke of Saxe-Coburg.He was the third but eldest surviving son of Johann Frederick II, Duke of Saxony and Elisabeth of the Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim....
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