Khunrath [Kunrath], Heinrich

1. Dates

Born: Leipzig, ca. 1560

Died: Dresden (or Leipzig), 9 Sep 1605

Dateinfo: Birth Uncertain

Lifespan: 45

2. Father

Occupation: Unknown

It is generally assumed, but not proven, that he is the brother of Conrad Khunrath.

No information on financial status.

3. Nationality

Birth: Leipzig, Germany

Career: Germany

Death: Dresden [or Leipzig], Germany

4. Education

Schooling: Leipzig; Basel, M.D.

It is not known whether he is identical with Henricus Conrad Lips, who enrolled at the University of Leipzig in the winter of 1570.

1588, University of Basel, matriculated in May and received his M.D. in September. I assume the equivalent of a B.A.

5. Religion

Affiliation: Lutheran (assumed).

6. Scientific Disciplines

Primary: Alchemy

7. Means of Support

Primary: Medicine

He practiced medicine at least in Hamburg (in 1598) and at Dresden.

He may have been a professor at Leipzig.

8. Patronage

Type: None

9. Technological Involvement

Type: Medical Practice

10. Scientific Societies

Memberships: None

Sources

1. Ladenburg, Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, 15, 709.
2. Christian Gottlob Joecher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon (Leipzig, 1750-1751; repr., Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1960), 2, 2081-2.
3. Johann Christoph Adelung, Forsetzungen und Ergaenzungen zu Christian Gottlieb Joechers allgemeinem Gelehrten-Lexicon (Leipzig, 1784-1897; repr. Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1960), 3, 313-14.
4. Thorndike, 7, 273-5.
5. Walter Pagel, Das medizinische Weltbild des Paracelsus (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1962), pp. 71-2, 93, plates 2 & 3. [R147.P2 P13] Claude K. Deischer and Joseph L. Rabinowitz, "The Owl of Heinrich Khunrath: Its Origin and Significance," Chymia, 3 (1950), 243- 4. [Chem QD11.C56]

Compiled by:

Richard S. Westfall

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Indiana University

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