Paul Luther

Paul Luther
Luther, contemporary wood engraving
Born28 January 1533
Wittenberg, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died8 March 1593(1593-03-08) (aged 60)
Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Alma materUniversity of Wittenberg
Occupations
SpouseAnna Warbeck
Children6
Parents
FamilyLuther

Paul Luther (28 January 1533 – 8 March 1593)[1] was a German physician, medical chemist, and alchemist.[2] He was the third son of the German Protestant Reformer Martin Luther and was successively physician to John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony; Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg; Augustus, Elector of Saxony and his successor Christian I, Elector of Saxony. He taught alchemy to Anne of Denmark.

  1. ^ Robert Kolb; Irene Dingel; Lubomír Batka (24 April 2014). The Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther's Theology. IX: Family Life: OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-166747-3.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference apotheker was invoked but never defined (see the help page).