Английская Википедия:Gottfried Christoph Beireis

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Gottfried Christoph Beireis (2 March 1730 – 18 September 1809) was a German chemist and doctor. He was also a collector of curiosities who rescued some of Jacques de Vaucanson's automata.[1]

Biography

Beireis was born in Mühlhausen. He taught anatomy, medicine, surgery, chemistry, botany, natural history, pharmacy, mineralogy, metallurgy, agriculture, forestry, music, painting, and numismatics.Шаблон:Citation needed

As a student, he discovered a way to convert ammonium sulfide to cinnabar and made a fortune selling the latter as a red dye.Шаблон:Citation needed

Beireis was a student of Georg Erhardt Hamberger's in Jena in 1753. Beireis became a professor in 1759 without having obtained his MD degree; the degree was awarded subsequently for work done at Helmstadt under Lorenz Heister between 1756 and 1759.Шаблон:Citation needed

He died in Helmstedt.Шаблон:Citation needed

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