Jan Baptist van Helmont
Chemist and physiologist
Jan Baptist van Helmont was a chemist, physiologist, and physician from Brussels. He worked during the years just after Paracelsus and the rise of iatrochemistry, and is sometimes considered to be "the founder of pneumatic chemistry". Wikipedia
Born: January 12, 1580, Brussels, Belgium
Died: December 30, 1644 (age 64 years), Vilvoorde, Belgium
Nationality: Belgian
Education: Old University of Leuven
Children: Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont
Parents: Maria Stassaert and Christiaen van Helmont