Jeremias Benjamin Richter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jeremias Benjamin Richter

German chemist

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1762

Place of Birth: Jelenia Góra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 04-May-1807

Profession: chemist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jeremias Benjamin Richter (German: ['??çt?]; 10 March 1762 – 14 April 1807) was a German chemist.
He was born at Hirschberg in Silesia, became a mining official at Breslau in 1794, and in 1800 was appointed assessor to the department of mines and chemist to the royal porcelain factory at Berlin, where he died.
He is known for introducing the term stoichiometry.