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]
Gottfried Christoph Beireis | |
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![]() Gottfried Christoph Beireis | |
Born | Free imperial city of Mühlhausen, Holy Roman Empire | 2 March 1730
Died | 18 September 1809 | (aged 79)
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Helmstedt |
Known for | Production of cinnabar red dye |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physicist, chemist, and physician |
Institutions | University of Helmstedt |
Doctoral advisor | Lorenz Heister |
Other academic advisors | Georg Erhardt Hamberger |
Doctoral students | Christian Heinrich Bünger |
Biography
editBeireis was born in Mühlhausen. He taught anatomy, medicine, surgery, chemistry, botany, natural history, pharmacy, mineralogy, metallurgy, agriculture, forestry, music, painting, and numismatics.[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.[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.[citation needed]
He died in Helmstedt.[citation needed]
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