German orientalist, historian of science and educator
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He was a critical scholar ofalchemical literature, and ofIslamic science, raising many issues on attributions and sources of the texts, and providing translations. The range of his studies was wide, including theEmerald Tablet, a basichermetic text. From 1924 he headed an institute inHeidelberg, where he has been a student.
