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Jeremias Benjamin Richter | |
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| Born | 10 March 1762 |
| Died | 4 May 1807 (aged 45) |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | Law of reciprocal proportions Stoichiometry |
Jeremias Benjamin Richter (German: [ˈʁɪçtɐ]; 10 March 1762 – 4 May 1807)[1] was a German chemist. He was born at Hirschberg in Silesia, became a mining official at Breslau in 1794, and by 1800 was appointed assessor to the department of mines and chemist to the royal porcelain factory at Berlin, where he died.[2] He is known for introducing the term stoichiometry.
- ^ Stefan Büttner (2003). Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (ed.). "Richter, Jeremias Benjamin". Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) [New German Biography] (in German). 21. Berlin: 532–533. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- "Richter, Jeremias Benjamin (1762-1807)". Kalliope-Verbund.info (in German). Berlin: Kalliope-Verbund. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- "Jeremias Benjamin Richter". Deutschen Digitalen Bibliothek [German Digital Library] (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Richter, Jeremias Benjamin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 313.
