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Richter, Jeremias Benjamin (1762-1807)
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Richter, Jeremias Benjamin (1762-1807)
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18th Century
Born: Hirschberg (Jelenia Gora) (Germany), 1762
Died: Berlin (Germany), 1807
Richter studied philosophy, under Immanuel Kant, and mathematics at Königsberg. In1785 he obtained a doctoral degree with a dissertation on the use of mathematics in chemistry. He never reached an academic position and experimented at his own expense. His most important contribution to chemistry was the discovery of the law of equivalent proportions. He also introduced the term ‘stoichiometry’ into chemistry.