Andreas Cassius (doctor)
Andreas Cassius (* around 1600 in Schleswig ; † May 16, 1673 in Hamburg ) was a German doctor and inventor of a gold-purple pigment and a process for coloring glass ( gold ruby glass ) and enamel (Cassius gold). He worked in Hamburg and was personal physician to Prince Bishop Johann von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf in Eutin .
Cassius was the son of the lawyer of the same name, Andreas Cassius . He studied medicine in Rostock and Leiden and received his doctorate there in 1632. His method of purple coloring with gold solution was published posthumously by his son in a book in Hamburg in 1685 . Cassius also published medical treatises.
He was friends with Joachim Jungius , who appointed him to be one of his executors .
literature
- Winfried Pötsch u. a. Lexicon of important chemists , Harri Deutsch 1989
- Hans Schröder: Lexicon of Hamburg writers , Volume 1, Hamburg 1851, No. 572
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the entry of Andreas Cassius' matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cassius, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1600 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schleswig |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1673 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |