Werner Rolfinck

Werner Rolfinck (15 November 1599 – 6 May 1673) was a German physician, scientist and botanist. He was a medical student in Leiden, Oxford, Paris, and Padua.

Werner Rolfinck
Born	(1599-11-15)15 November 1599 Hamburg
Died	6 May 1673(1673-05-06) (aged 73) Jena
Nationality	German
Education	University of Wittenberg University of Padua (M.D., 1625)
Known for	Studying of chemical reactions and the biochemistry of metals
Scientific career
Fields	Medicine, botany, chemistry, philosophy
Institutions	University of Jena
Doctoral advisor	Adriaan van den Spiegel
Other academic advisors	Daniel Sennert
Doctoral students	Georg Wolfgang Wedel

Biography

Rolfinck earned his master's degree at the University of Wittenberg under Daniel Sennert, and his medical doctorate in 1625 at the University of Padua under the guidance of Adriaan van den Spiegel.

In 1629, he became a professor at the University of Jena,^[1] where he, along with Paul Marquard Schlegel, rearranged and expanded the university's botanical garden (the Botanischer Garten Jena). His experimental research involved chemical reactions and the biochemistry of metals acquiring him the title of "director of chemical exercises".^[2] He rejected the view that other metals could be transformed into gold.

Works

• Guerneri Rolfincii, Phil. Ac Med. Doctoris Et Professoris Publici Chimia In Artis Formam Redacta : Sex Libris comprehensa .... Genevae, 1671 Digital edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf.