Gottfried Christoph Beireis

Gottfried Christoph Beireis
Gottfried Christoph Beireis
Born(1730-03-02)2 March 1730
Free imperial city of Mühlhausen, Holy Roman Empire
Died18 September 1809(1809-09-18) (aged 79)
Helmstedt, Kingdom of Westphalia
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Helmstedt
Known forProduction of cinnabar red dye
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist, chemist, and physician
InstitutionsUniversity of Helmstedt
Doctoral advisorLorenz Heister
Other academic advisorsGeorg Erhardt Hamberger
Doctoral studentsChristian Heinrich Bünger

Gottfried Christoph Beireis (2 March 1730 – 18 September 1809) was a German physicist, chemist, and physician. He was also a collector of curiosities who rescued some of Jacques de Vaucanson's automata.

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