Family Father
Jan Baptist van Helmont
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q445918 · wikidata
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Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont
1614-01-01 – 1699-01-01
Life & Legacy
Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont (baptised 20 October 1614 – December 1698) was a Flemish alchemist and writer, the son of Jan Baptist van Helmont. He is now best known for his publication in the 1640s of his father's pioneer works on chemistry, which link the origins of the science to the study of alchemy.
From his early work as a physician, he became a kabbalist and together with Henry More of the Cambridge Platonists he annotated Christian Knorr von Rosenroth's translations of kabbalist texts.
Occupation & Career
polymath, writer, diplomat, chemist, naturalist, physician, philosopher
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