Johannes Huniades
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Johannes Huniades (Hungarian: Bánfi-Hunyadi János) (1576–1646) was a Hungarian goldsmith and alchemist, resident in England from 1608. He was born at Nagybánya in Transylvania (now Baia Mare in Romania).[1]
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He was hired as an instructor by Kenelm Digby in or shortly after 1633.[2] At this time he was giving regular courses on chemical topics at Gresham College; his students there included John Webster.[1] He worked also for Arthur Dee and Theodore de Mayerne.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b Appleby, John H. "Huniades, Johannes". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/53871. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Roy Digby Thomas, Digby: the gunpowder plotter's legacy (2001), p. 138; Google Books.
- ^ Hugh Trevor-Roper, Europe's Physician: the various life of Sir Theodore de Mayerne (2006), p. 356; Google Books.