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Authorised form of nameHiarne; Urban (1641 - 1724); chemist and physician
Other forms of surnameHierne
Hjarne
Dates1641 - 1724
NationalitySwedish
Place of birthSkworitz, Swedish Ingria, Europe
Date of birth20 December 1641
Place of deathStockholm, Sweden, Europe
Date of death22 March 1724
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Bromma Church, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe
OccupationPhysician; author
Research fieldMedicine
Chemistry
Mineralogy
ActivityEducation:
Dorpat (admitted 1655); Uppsala; Angers (MD 1670)
Career:
Travelled to Holland, England and France; practised as a physician in Stockholm; Director of the State Chemical Laboratory (1683); President of the Collegium Medicum (1698); President of the Bergskollegium (Board of Mines) (1713); amassed a scientific library of 3500 volumes, one of the largest in Sweden
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/11/1669
Age at election27
ProposerJohan Leijonberg
Other Royal Society activityOccasional correspondent to the Society on medical matters
RelationshipsParents: Erlandus Jonae Hiarne and Christina Tomasdotter Schmidt
Married: 1) Maria Svahn; 2) Catharina Elisabeth Bergenhielm; 3) Elisabeth Carlsdotter
Children: overall 26
PublishedWorksRCN: 43879
RCN: 43880
OtherInfoHiarne is best known as a chemist for his work on acid and the invention of a wood varnish to stop it from rotting. As a mineralogist he catalogued Sweden's minerals and natural resources and oversaw the methods of mining and melting them. Early on in his career he sought patrons of nobility and was himself ennobled in 1689.
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SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB; Hunter; SMK
Authority:
Altname from Hunter. Precise birth date from DSB
References:
Kodicek, E H and Young, F G. 1969. 'Captain Cook and Scurvy', in Notes and Records, vol. 24, pp. 43-63
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/29567630
CodeNA8392
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