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Timeline of alchemistsThis chart depicts the lifes of key alchemists and related writers, from the 13th to the end of the 18th century. By placing each writer in a historical context, this will help us understand the influences and borrowing of isdeas. Where precise dates are not known I have used ....... instead of the -------.Back to timeline page. 1200------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1300------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1400------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1500------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1600------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1700------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1800 --Michael Scot------------------- ---------------------------------Albertus Magnus--------------------------------- ---------------------------------Hortulanus------------------------------ ..........................Bartholomaeus Anglicus........ ------------------------------Roger Bacon---------------------------------- ---------------------Thomas Aquinas---------------- -----------------------------Arnold of Villanova----------------------------- -----------------------------------Ramon Lull------------------------------------- ............................John Dastin............ ................Petrus Bonus.......... --------------------Geoffery Chaucer------------------------- -------------------------------Nicolas Flamel (supposed)-------------------------------- .........................Isaac Holland...................... .............................Georges Aurach.............. ----------------------------Bernard of Treviso-------------------------------------- ...........................George Ripley-------------------------------------- ............................Lacinius.................. ----------------------------------Thomas Norton----------------------------------- ----------------------Marsilio Ficino----------------------------- -------------------------Johannes Reuchlin-------------------------- ------------------------------------Augurello-------------------------------------- ----------------Trithemius of Sponheim----------------- ------Pico della Mirandola------ 1200------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1300------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1400------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1500------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1600------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1700------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1800 ----------------------------Francesco Giorgi------------------------------- --------------Henry Cornelius Agrippa------------- ------------------Paracelsus-------------------- ---------------------Georg Agricola--------------------------- ---------------------Thomas Charnock-------------------- -------------------------------------John Dee------------------------------------- ------------------Adam von Bodenstein------------- ---------------------Thurneisser zum Thurn----------------------- ---------------------Valentin Weigel-------------------- -----------------------------Giambattista della Porta---------------------------- -----------------------------Andreas Libavius------------------------------- -----------------------Petrus Severinus---------------------- ------------------Joseph Duchesne (Quercetanus)------------------- ------------------Giordano Bruno--------------------- -------------------------------Francis Anthony---------------------------- -----------------Edward Kelley----------- ---------------Heinrich Khunrath------------- --------------------------Francis Bacon--------------------------- -----------------------Michael Maier--------------------- ------------------------------Michael Sendivogius-------------------------------- -------------------Robert Fludd---------------------- ----------------Jacob Boehme--------------------- ----------------Johannes Battista van Helmont---------------------- ------------------------------Arthur Dee--------------------------------- ---------Oswald Croll-------- --------------Johan Daniel Mylius---------- 1200------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1300------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1400------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1500------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1600------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1700------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1800 -----------------------Johann Valentin Andreae----------------------- -----------------------------Amos Comenius------------------------------------ -------------------------Samuel Hartlib---------------------------- -------------------------Barend Coenders van Helpen--------------------------- -----------------------------Athanasius Kircher------------------------------- ------------------------Sir Kenelm Digby----------------------- ------------------------Rudolf Glauber------------------------- ------------------------John Junior Winthrop-------------------------- -----------Nicholas Culpepper---------- ----------------------------------Elias Ashmole---------------------------- ------------------------Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont------------------------- ---------------Thomas Vaughan---------------- ---------------------------------------Helvetius------------------------------------- ----------------------------Robert Boyle------------------------- -------------George Starkey------------- -------------John Heydon..................... -----------------Knorr von Rosenroth------------------ -----------------------------------Isaac Newton-------------------------------------- -----------------Johann Conrad Barchusen------------------ 1200------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1300------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1400------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1500------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1600------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1700------10--------20--------30--------40--------50--------60--------70--------80--------90--------1800 --------------Louis-Claude de Saint-Germain------------------- --------------Karl von Eckartshausen---------------- |