Valerius Cordus
(1515-1544)
German physician, botanist, and author
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Valerius Cordus (18 February 1515 – 25 September 1544) was a German physician, botanist and pharmacologist who authored the first pharmacopoeia North of the Alps and one of the most celebrated herbals in history. He is also widely credited with developing a method for synthesizing ether (which he called by the Latin name oleum dulci vitrioli, or "sweet oil of vitriol").
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18 February 1515 Hesse or Erfurt
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25 September 1544 (aged 29) Rome
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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