The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Nicholaus, the Elder Staphorst ( - fl. 1701)
Chemist and director of the Chemical Laboratory of the Royal College of Physicians in London with oversight of the garden as well (Armytage, 26). In 1683 he was cataloging the plants in the garden, and in 1686, he published his Officina Chymica Londinensis (Ibid.). Staphorst emigrated from Hamburg, where he "belong to an important family originating from Staphorst, near Hoya, Low-Saxon, West Germany" (Zeven, 152). He was employed by Sloane (to whom he also taught chemistry) as a translator under Ray's supervision and "must have been known by Petiver" (ibid.). BotanistRelevant locations: Lived at or near Hamburg, Germany
Lived at or near London, England
Workplace or place of business Chelsea Physic Garden, Chelsea
Relationships: Nicholaus, the Elder Staphorst was a associate or acquaintance (general) of James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)
Nicholaus, the Elder Staphorst was a associate or acquaintance (general) of John Ray (1627-1705)
Nicholaus, the Elder Staphorst was a employed by Royal College of Physicians (1518-)
Nicholaus, the Elder Staphorst was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Hans Sloane (1660-1753)
Nicholaus, the Elder Staphorst was a father of Nicholas, the Younger Staphorst (-fl. 1701)
Linked print sources: as Correspondent - Extract of two Letters, the one to Dr. William Gibbons, Fellow of the College of Physitians London; the other to Mr. Nicholas Staphorst, Operator in Chymistry at Apothecaries-Hall, from Mr. Edward Coles, giving an account of a Red Colour produced by mixture of a Sulphureous Spirit with a Volatile Alcali.
as Mentioned or referenced by - The Royal Society and Gresham College 1660-1711.
as Mentions or references - Who Was Staphorst, Collector of Guinea Plants?.
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