George Starkey
George Starkey (1628–1665) was a Colonial American
alchemist, medical practitioner, and writer of numerous commentaries and chemical treatises that were widely circulated in Western Europe and influenced prominent men of science, including
Robert Boyle and
Isaac Newton. After relocating from New England to London, England, in 1650, Starkey began writing under the pseudonym
Eirenaeus Philalethes. Starkey remained in England and continued his career in medicine and alchemy until his death in the
Great Plague of London in 1665.
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