Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Bucholz

Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Bucholz (23 December 1734, Bernburg – 16 December 1798, Weimar) was a German pharmacist and chemist.

Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Bucholz
Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Bucholz
Born23 December 1734 (1734-12-23)
Bernburg
Died16 December 1798 (1798-12-17) (aged 63)
Weimar
OccupationGerman pharmacist

Trained as a pharmacist in Magdeburg and Weimar, he later studied medicine at the University of Jena, where he obtained his doctorate in 1764. Several years later, he became head of the Hofapotheke (court pharmacy) in Weimar. Here, Johann Friedrich August Göttling worked as his assistant and Johann Trommsdorff served as an apprentice.[1] As his career progressed, he received the posts of Hof-Medikus (court physician, 1777) and Bergrat (counsellor of mines, 1782).[2]

He was a friend and consultant to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on the matter of scientific issues. Goethe observed Bucholz's attempt to build a Montgolfier balloon.[3] Reportedly, the two men conducted water purification experiments through the use of powdered charcoal. Bucholz remained an honored member of Goethe's Freitagsgesellschaft up until his death in 1798.[4]

Selected works
  • Chymische Versuche über einige der neuesten einheimischen antiseptischen Substanzen, 1776 – Chemical experiments on some of the latest local antiseptic substances.
  • Bartlet's Pharmacopee oder Apotheke eines Rossarztes, 1778 – "Pharmacopoeia Bartleiana".
  • Beyträge zur gerichtlichen Arzneygelahrheit und zur medicinischen Polizey, 1782.[5]
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References
  1. The Formation of the German Chemical Community, 1720–1795 by Karl Hufbauer
  2. Goethe als Chemiker by Georg Schwedt
  3. Ley, Willy (December 1961). "Dragons and Hot-Air Balloons". For Your Information. Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 79–89.
  4. Google Books Popular Science Apr 1913
  5. Most widely held works by Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Bucholtz WorldCat Identities
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