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Johann Rudolf Glauber
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<p>Johann Rudolf Glauber (10 March 1604 – 16 March 1670) was a German-Dutch <a href="/facts/Alchemy/CEx0U1Em">alchemist</a> and <a href="/facts/Chemist/N09K7Bdm">chemist</a>. Some historians of science have described him as one of the first <a href="/facts/Chemical_engineer/AGPxgpMN">chemical engineers</a>. His discovery of <a href="/facts/Sodium_sulfate/KWzpxTmj">sodium sulfate</a> in 1625 led to the compound being named after him: "Glauber's salt". </p>