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All that is known of her life and work is from her book on alchemy, The Secrets of Lady Isabella Cortese. Cortese was also well-versed in several fields other than alchemy. She helped develop a variety of facial cosmetic products and made a variety of other contributions to science during the 16th century.
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 ...
Indian alchemists and Chinese alchemists made contributions to Eastern varieties of the art. Alchemy is still practiced today by a few, and alchemist characters still appear in recent fictional works and video games. Many alchemists are known from the thousands of surviving alchemical manuscripts and books. Some of their names are listed below.
1st century CE: Mary the Jewess was among the world's first alchemists. [5] 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 ...
Atomus – Cypriot magician (1st century) Chu Fu – Chinese Han dynasty occultist (d. 130 BC) Chymes – Greco-Roman alchemist; Cleopatra the Alchemist – Egyptian alchemist and writer; Saint Cyprian the Magician — 4th-century sorcerer from Antioch [2] Elymas – Jewish magus depicted in the Acts of the Apostles [3]
16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; Pages in category "16th-century alchemists" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total.
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"
Sophia continued to be a frequent visitor at Uranienborg where she met Erik Lange, a nobleman who studied alchemy and a friend of Tycho's. [2] Erik Lange was a nobleman yet had little money to his name. His pursuit of alchemy left him financially unstable. He was especially fixated on producing gold, which led to his monetary problems. [8]