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An alchemist is a person versed in the art of alchemy. Western alchemy flourished in Greco-Roman Egypt, the Islamic world during the Middle Ages, and then in Europe from the 13th to the 18th centuries. Indian alchemists and Chinese alchemists made contributions to Eastern varieties of the art. Alchemy is still practiced today by a few, and ...
Throughout the 16th century, scientific culture flourished in many different areas of study, not only in academies and courts but also in a number of books. There was a new excitement for manipulating nature and acquiring secrets for a wide range of uses, [ 1 ] including cosmetics, alchemical transformations and medical remedies.
16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; Pages in category "16th-century alchemists" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total.
Two of the most well-known women alchemists of the sixteenth-century were Isabella Cortese and Anna Maria Zieglerin. [23] Cortese was the only female alchemist to have a book printed in the sixteenth-century, I secreti della signora Isabella Cortese ; however, Zieglerin pursued alchemic work in the court of Duke Julius of Braunschweig ...
Mary the Jewess – First Western alchemist (1st century) [6] Menander – First century Samaritan Gnostic; Moses – Prophet in Abrahamic religions [7] Moses of Alexandria – Early alchemist; Nigidius Figulus – Roman philosopher and writer; Ostanes – Pen-name used by several pseudo-anonymous authors of Greek and Latin works of alchemy
Marie Meurdrac (c. 1610–1680), French chemist and alchemist; Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646–1684), Italian mathematician and the first female PhD; Marguerite de la Sablière (c. 1640–1693), French natural philosopher; Jane Sharp (fl. 1671), British obstetrician; Justine Siegemund (1636–1705), German obstetrician
1st century BCE: A woman known only as Fang became the earliest recorded Chinese female alchemist. She is credited with "the discovery of how to turn mercury into silver" – possibly the chemical process of boiling off mercury in order to extract pure silver residue from ores. [5] 1st century CE: Mary the Jewess was among the world's first ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:16th-century scientists. It includes scientists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "16th-century women scientists"