Jan Baptist van Helmont, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Baptist van Helmont

Chemist, physiologist, and physician from the Spanish Low Countries

Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1580

Place of Birth: Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 30-Dec-1644

Profession: physicist, physician writer, chemist, physiologist, philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jan Baptist van Helmont (; Dutch: ['??lm?nt]; 12 January 1580 – 30 December 1644) was a chemist, physiologist, and physician from the Spanish Netherlands.
He worked during the years just after Paracelsus and the rise of iatrochemistry, and is sometimes considered to be "the founder of pneumatic chemistry".
Van Helmont is remembered today largely for his ideas on spontaneous generation, his 5-year tree experiment, and his introduction of the word "gas" (from the Greek word chaos) into the vocabulary of science. His name is also found rendered as Jan-Baptiste van Helmont, Johannes Baptista van Helmont, Johann Baptista von Helmont, Joan Baptista van Helmont, and other minor variants switching between von and van.