Lumos: Renaissance Thinkers Behind the Magic
1. Nicolas Flamel (1330–1417)
Nicolas Flamel from a 1971 facsimile of Bibliotheca Chemica (Chemical library), 1727
Creator: E. Roth-Scholtz
Courtesy National Library of Medicine
Nicolas Flamel was a French scribe, best known for his work in alchemy, the transmutation of metals. Flamel was rumored to have created the mythological Philosopher’s Stone, believed to be able to turn all metals into gold and produce an elixir granting eternal life.
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