George Starkey
Scientist, Deceased Person
1628 – 1665
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Who was George Starkey?
George Starkey, born to George Stirk in Bermuda in 1628[he died in 1665 ], was an English alchemist, medical practitioner, and writer of numerous commentaries and chemical treatises that were widely circulated in Europe and influenced prominent men of science, including Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton. After relocating from New England to London, England in 1650, Starkey began writing under the pseudonym Eirenaeus Philalethes, Starkey remained in England and continued his career in medicine and alchemy until he became a victim of the Great Plague of London in 1665.
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