Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae
Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae (born ca 17 December 1724 in Hanover, died 1 May 1793 in Hanover) was an Hanoverian natural scientist, chemist, geologist and court pharmacist (Hofapotheker).
He was the son of court pharmacist Leopold Andreae (1686–1730) and Katharina Elisabeth Rosenhagen (died 1752). His grandfather was the pharmacist Ernst Leopold Andreae (died ca. 1640). He was trained as a pharmacist and studied geology and chemistry under Johann Heinrich Pott in Berlin, chemistry, mineralogy and metallurgy under Johann Andreas Cramer in Blankenburg, and chemistry under Hieronymus David Gaubius in Leyden. In 1747 he took over his father's pharmacy in Hanover.
He was a friend of Pieter van Musschenbroek, Jean-André Deluc, Benjamin Franklin and Philipp Friedrich Gmelin, whom he met on his travels. He was the brother-in-law of Abel Seyler, whose children were raised by Andreae.
Works
- Briefe aus der Schweiz nach Hannover geschrieben, in dem Jahre 1763 (Online)
Literature
- Joachim Knoll: Die Schweizreise des hannoverschen Apothekers Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae im Jahr 1763. Niemeyer, 2006.
