Hennig Brand

Hennig Brand
The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus (1771) by Joseph Wright depicting Hennig Brand discovering phosphorus (the glow shown is exaggerated)
Bornabout 1630
Diedabout 1692 or about 1710
Known forDiscovery of the element phosphorus
Scientific career
FieldsAlchemy
InstitutionsHamburg

Hennig Brand (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛnɪç bʁant]; c. 1630 – c. 1692 or c. 1710) was a German alchemist who lived and worked in Hamburg. In 1669, Brand accidentally discovered the chemical element phosphorus while searching for the "philosopher's stone", a substance which was believed to transmute base metals into gold.

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