List of Famous people with last name Klaproth

Martin Heinrich Klaproth

First Name Martin

Last Name Klaproth

Born on December 1, 1743

Died on January 1, 1817 (aged 73)

Born in Germany, Saxony-Anhalt

Martin Heinrich Klaproth was a German chemist. He trained and worked for much of his life as an apothecary, moving in later life to the university. His shop became the second-largest apothecary in Berlin, and the most productive artisanal chemical research center in Europe.

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Julius Klaproth

Julius Heinrich Klaproth

First Name Julius

Last Name Klaproth

Born on October 11, 1783

Died on August 28, 1835 (aged 51)

Born in Germany

Heinrich Julius Klaproth was a German linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, orientalist and explorer. As a scholar, he is credited along with Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, with being instrumental in turning East Asian Studies into scientific disciplines with critical methods.

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