Editing Andreas Libavius (section)

{{Short description|German doctor and chemist (c. 1550–1616)}}
[[File:Andreas Libavius.jpg|thumb|Andreas Libavius.]]

'''Andreas Libavius''' or '''Andrew Libavius''' was born in [[Halle (Saale)|Halle]], Germany {{circa|1550}} and died in July 1616. Libavius was a renaissance man who spent time as a professor at the [[University of Jena]] teaching history and poetry. After which he became a physician at the Gymnasium in Rothenburg and later founded the Gymnasium at Coburg. Libavius was most known for practicing [[alchemy]] and writing a book called ''Alchemia'', one of the first chemistry textbooks ever written.