The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Glauber, Johann Rudolf
(y´hän r´dôlf glou´br) (KEY) , 160470, German alchemist. A forerunner of scientific chemists, Glauber made many practical advances in analytical chemistry; he devised new procedures and was the first to prepare several compounds, including Glaubers salt. Little is known of his life.