Category: Alchemists

Seton, Alexander (17th c.) Scottish alchemist imprisoned and brutally tortured for his knowledge of how to make the Philosopher's Stone. Alexander Seton was probably born…

George Starkey (1628–1665) was an American physician and alchemist. George Starkey became interested in Alchemy early in life. In the 1640s, he studied medicine at…

John Frederick Schweitzer Helvetius (1625–1709) was a Dutch court physician and alchemist who said he successfully transmuted LEAD into GOLD. Helvetius was born John Frederick…

Abraham, The Jew: (Alchemist and magician, circa, 1400). Comparatively few biographical facts are forthcoming concerning this German Jew, who was at once alchemist, magician and…

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832) German writer, poet, and alchemist. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s works are heavy in alchemical symbolism, especially his most famous work,…

Abraham Eleazar (14th c.?) was a Mysterious Jewish alchemist, associated by some with Nicholas Flamel. Nothing is known about the life of Abraham Eleazar other…

Sir Kenelm Digby (1601–1665) was an English alchemist. Sir Kenelm Digby was a colourful character, though of modest achievement in Alchemy. He is best known…

Jean de Roquetaillade, also known as John of Rupescissa (14th c.) was a French monk and alchemist of dubious reputation. John de Rupecissa was a…

Jean Delisle (17th–18th c.) was a French blacksmith, fraudulent alchemist, and rogue. Jean Delisle—which may not have been his real Christian name—was born to a…

Alain Delisle (d. 1298) was a Flemish alchemist. Little is known about the life of Alain Delisle (also spelled Alain de Lisle) of Flanders, who…