Dorothea Juliana Wallich

Dorothea Juliana Wallich
Born1657 (1657)
Weimar, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Holy Roman Empire
Died1725 (aged 67–68)
Arnstadt, Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Holy Roman Empire
OccupationAlchemist

Dorothea Juliana Wallich (also known as Dorothea Wallich or D. J. W.; née Fischer; 1657 – 1725), was a German alchemist, one of the few women known to have practiced alchemy. She was also an apothecary, and a mine owner in Saxony.

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