Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Bucholz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German chemist and pharmacist
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Place of Birth: Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Bucholz
- Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Bucholz (23 December 1734, Bernburg – 16 December 1798, Weimar) was a German pharmacist and chemist. 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.
- As his career progressed, he received the posts of Hof-Medikus (court physician, 1777) and Bergrat (counsellor of mines, 1782).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.
- 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.
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