Georg Ernst Stahl
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Science, Medicine, Health
- Subcategories: Scientists, Doctors, Physicians, Nurses, Chemistry, Chemists
- Curriculum: 18th Century European History, German History, 17th Century European History
Article abstract: Stahl was a physician who developed the phlogiston theory, modern chemistry’s first great explanatory system. It provided chemists with a deeper understanding of such reactions as combustion and the smelting of metal ores, and it guided research into such productive discoveries as new gases and the composition of the chemical molecule.
Early Life
Georg Ernst Stahl was born on October 21, 1660, in St. John’s parish in Ansbach, then part of Franconia, a duchy in southern Germany. His father was a Protestant minister, and he grew up...
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