1566 - 1636
Michał Sędziwój Polish Philosopher
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| First Name |
Michał
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| Last Name |
Sędziwój
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1565
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| Birthplace |
Łukowica, Kingdom of Poland
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| Died |
1636
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| Place of Death |
Kravaře, Holy Roman Empire
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| Nationality |
Polish
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| Occupation Text |
Alchemist, philosopher, writer, and medical doctor
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| Occupation |
Philosopher
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Michael Sendivogius (; Polish: Michał Sędziwój; 2 February 1566 – 1636) was a Polish alchemist, philosopher, and medical doctor. A pioneer of chemistry, he developed ways of purification and creation of various acids, metals and other chemical compounds. He discovered that air is not a single substance and contains a life-giving substance—later called oxygen—170 years before Scheele's discovery of the element. He correctly identified this 'food of life' with the gas (also oxygen) given off by heating nitre (saltpetre). This substance, the 'central nitre', had a central position in Sendivogius' schema of the universe.
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