Jeremias Benjamin Richter

Jeremias Benjamin Richter (German: [ˈʀɪçtɐ]; March 10, 1762 – April 14, 1807) was a German chemist. He was born at Hirschberg in Silesia, became a mining official at Breslau in 1794, and in 1800 was appointed assessor to the department of mines and chemist to the royal porcelain factory at Berlin, where he died. He is known for introducing the term stoichiometry.

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Jeremias Benjamin Richter
Birth dateMarch 10, 1762
Birth place
Germany , Jelenia Góra , Kingdom of Prussia
Nationality
Germany
Date of deathApril 14, 1807
Place of death
Berlin , Germany

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