Jeremias Benjamin Richter

Jeremias Benjamin Richter (German: [ˈʁɪçtɐ]; 10 March 1762 – 4 May 1807) was a German chemist. He was born at Hirschberg in Silesia, became a mining official at Breslau in 1794, and in 1800 was appointed assessor to the department of mines and chemist to the royal porcelain factory at Berlin, where he died. He is known for introducing the term stoichiometry.

Jeremias Benjamin Richter
Born(1762-03-10)10 March 1762
Hirschberg, Prussia (present-day Poland)
Died4 May 1807(1807-05-04) (aged 45)
Berlin (present-day Germany)
NationalityGerman
Known forLaw of reciprocal proportions
Stoichiometry
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