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People: Johann Rudolf Glauber, alchemist and chemist
Location: Kursk Kurskaya Oblast Russia

Johann Rudolf Glauber, alchemist and chemist

German-Dutch alchemist and chemist
Years: 1604 - 1670

Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604 (?)

– March 10, 1670), a German-Dutch alchemist and chemist.

Some historians of science have described him as one of the first chemical engineers.

His discovery of sodium sulfate in 1625 led to the compound being named after him: "Glauber's salt".