Person Neumann; Caspar (1683 - 1737) Neumann Caspar 1683 - 1737 German Male Zullichau [Sulechow], Poland 11 July 1683 Berlin, Germany 20 October 1737

Chemistry Education: Apprenticed to his godfather, a pharmacist; Halle; MD (1727) Career: In charge of an apothecary's shop, brewery and distillery in Unruhstadt (1698-1704) when he fled to Berlin because of the Great Northern War; Assistant to the King of Prussia's Travelling Apothecary (1705-1711); developed an interest in experimental chemistry and travelled to Holland and England at the King's expense (1711-1713); after King Frederick's death he found himself stranded in London and was employed by Abraham Cyprianus (FRS 1700) in his chemical laboratory and gave private lessons in chemistry (1713-1716); went to Hanover with George I and then to Berlin (1716), where he was again given a travel stipend by the Prussian Court; travelled in England, France, where he carried out experiments with Estienne Francois Geoffroy (FRS 1698) and Claude Joseph Geoffroy (FRS 1715), and Italy (1716-1717); Court Apothecary in Berlin (1719-death); Professor of Practical Chemistry at the College of Medicine and Surgery in Berlin (1723-death), Dean of the College (1736); travelled to Silesia, Moravia, Vienna and Bohemia (1727) and to Pomerania (1734) Memberships: Academia des Curieux de la Nature (?Leopoldina) (1728); Istituto delle Scienze di Bologna (1734) Son of Georg Neumann, Apothecary, of Sulichow Fellow 09/12/1725 Sir Hans Sloane Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB; Eloy Notes: Last entry in Printed list 1724 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 11 Jul 1683 - 20 Oct 1737 NA6151 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/66458917 81e76900-ce33-4e73-ba1e-4d9f0e43b73c