Wilhelm August Lampadius
German pharmacist and professor (1772–1842) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wilhelm August Lampadius was born in Hehlen, Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, on 8 August 1772 and died on 13 April 1842 in Freiberg, Kingdom of Saxony. He was a German pharmacist in Göttingen from 1785 until 1791. Also he was an "extraordinary professor" of chemistry and mineralogy in 1794 and an "ordinary professor" in 1795. He taught at the Mining Academy in Freiberg.[1]
Lampadius is best known for inflaming the first coal gas lantern on European ground.[2]