Moyse Charas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Moyse Charas

French pharmacist

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1619

Place of Birth: Uzès, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 17-Jan-1698

Profession: pharmacist, herpetologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Moyse Charas

  • Moyse Charas, or Moses Charas (2 April 1619 – 17 January 1698), was an apothecary in France during the reign of Louis XIV.
  • He became famous for publishing compendiums of medication formulas, which played vital roles in the development of modern pharmacy and chemistry.
  • He is best remembered for his medical compendium PharmacopĂ©e royale galĂ©nique et chymyque published in 1676 (later translated into Latin version Pharmacopoeus Regius, and English Royal Pharmacopoea in 1678.) Charas grew up and trained in apothecary in Orange.
  • While working at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, he was invited to England as pharmacist to Charles II of England.
  • He was captured and held in prison by the Spanish Inquisition while travelling around Spain, until he renounced his Protestantism and converted to Catholicism.
  • After solemnising his new faith in Paris, he was inducted to the French Academy of Sciences.

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