Valentin Rose the Elder

Chemist, Deceased Person

1736 – 1771

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Who was Valentin Rose the Elder?

Valentin Rose the Elder was a German pharmacist and chemist who was a native of Neuruppin. He is remembered for creation of a fusible alloy known as Rose metal, which is composed of lead, bismuth and tin.

Beginning in 1761, he was owner and manager of a laboratory and pharmacy in Berlin known as Zum Weißen Schwan. After his death in 1771, famed chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth became manager of the establishment.

His son, also named Valentin Rose, was a noted pharmacist. Heinrich Rose and Gustav Rose were his grandsons; the classicist Valentin Rose and Edmund Rose were his great-grandsons.

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Born
Aug 16, 1736
Neuruppin
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Died
Apr 28, 1771
Berlin

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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