Authorised form of name | Godfrey-Hanckewitz; Ambrose (1660 - 1741) |
Other forms of name | Ambrose Godfrey- |
Godfrey |
Other forms of surname | Hanckwitz |
Godfrey-Hanckwitz |
Hanckewitz |
Dates | 1660 - 1741 |
Nationality | British |
Date of birth | 1660 |
Date of death | 15 January 1741 |
Occupation | Chemist |
Activity | Career: Employed as operator in the laboratory of Robert Boyle (FRS 1663); Chemical Operator, Society of Apothecaries (c1690-1706); founded his own laboratory and chemical manufacturing business and made his fortune from the manufacture of phosphorous (1707)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 22/01/1730 |
Relationships | Married Mary, widow of Joseph Pitt, apothecary to Queen Anne and Prince George of Denmark; their three sons were all able chemists |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Authority: Altnames from DNB References: R E W Maddison, 'Studies in the Life of Robert Boyle, FRS. Part V. Boyle's Operator: Ambrose Godfrey Hanckwitz, FRS' in NR 1954-55 vol 11 pp 159-188, plate Hunting, Penelope 'The history of the Society of Apothecaries' (London: the Society, 1998) Notes: Always referred to in Journal Book as 'Mr Godfrey' but signs as Hanckewitz |
Code | NA7377 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
RBO/17/14 | Additions to Ambrose Godfrey Hanckewitz's paper on phosphorus | 1732 |
RBO/17/71 | Experiments with ambergris for Hans Sloane by Ambrose Godfrey Hanckewitz, chemist | 1731 |
RBO/17/11 | 'An account of Dr Frobenius's Experiment upon the Phosphorus' by Ambrose Godfrey Hanckewitz | 1731 |
IM/001926 | Godfrey-Hanckewitz, Ambrose | 1718 |
EL/G2/14 | Letter from, Ambrose Godfrey [Hanckewitz] to Hans Sloane | 1720s |
CLP/9i/59 | Paper, 'The analisation of your alum earth which you say is the residuum after alum is made' by Ambrose Godfrey-Hanckewitz | 1700 |
CLP/11ii/23 | Paper, 'Experiments made upon ambergris for Hans Sloane' by [Cromwell Mortimer?] | [1731] |
CLP/11ii/22 | Letter, regarding Caspar Neumann's treatise on ambergris from A [Ambrose] Godfrey [Hanckewitz] to Sir Hans Sloane | [1731] |
CLP/11ii/24 | Paper, 'Editoris recensio experimentorum circa ambram gryseam à Domino Joh. Browne, R. S. S. & à Dno. Ambrosio Godofredo Hanckewitz, R. S. S. institutorum, cum D. Neumanni, R. S. S. Experimenti sui vindicatione' by [John Browne and Ambrose Godfrey-Hanckewitz] | [1730] |