Werner Rolfinck

Infobox_Scientist
name = Werner Rolfink


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birth_date = birth date|1599|11|15|df=y
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nationality = flag|Germany|name=German
death_date = death date and age|1673|5|6|1599|11|15|df=y
death_place =Jena
field =Medicine Philosophy
alma_mater =University of Wittenberg
work_institution =Jena
doctoral_advisor = Adriaan van den Spiegel
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doctoral_students =Georg Wolfgang Wedel
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Werner Rolfink was a German physician, scientist and botanist. He was a medical student in Leyden, Oxford, Paris and Padua. He earned his master's degree at the University of Wittenberg under Daniel Sennert, and his MD in 1625 at the University of Padua under the guidance of Adriaan van den Spiegel. In 1629, he became a professor at the University of Jena. His experimental research involved chemical reactions and the biochemistry of metals. He rejected the view that other metals could be transformed into gold.

References

*http://www.economy-point.org/w/werner-rolfinck.html
*http://www.med.uni-jena.de/klinikmagazin/archiv/km398/km398/kultge1.htm