Werner Rolfinck
Werner Rolfink | |
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Born | Hamburg |
15 November 1599
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Jena |
Nationality | German |
Fields | Medicine, botany, chemistry, philosophy |
Institutions | University of Jena |
Alma mater | University of Wittenberg University of Padua |
Doctoral advisor | Daniel Sennert Adriaan van den Spiegel[1] |
Doctoral students | Augustin Heinrich Fasch Georg Wolfgang Wedel[1] Balthasar Widmarcter |
Known for | Study of chemical reactions and the biochemistry of metals |
Werner Rolfink (15 November 1599 – 6 May 1673) was a German physician, scientist and botanist. He was a medical student in Leiden, Oxford, Paris, and Padua.
Rolfink earned his master's degree at the University of Wittenberg under Daniel Sennert, and his MD in 1625 at the University of Padua under the guidance of Adriaan van den Spiegel.
In 1629, he became a professor at the University of Jena,[2] where he rearranged and expanded the university's botanical garden (the Botanischer Garten Jena). His experimental research involved chemical reactions and the biochemistry of metals acquiring him the title of "director of chemical exercises".[3] He rejected the view that other metals could be transformed into gold.
Works
- Guerneri Rolfincii, Phil. Ac Med. Doctoris Et Professoris Publici Chimia In Artis Formam Redacta : Sex Libris comprehensa .... Genevae, 1671 Digital edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf.
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