| 词条 | William Butler (alchemist) |
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William Butler, Irish alchemist (c. 1534 – 29 January 1617), was, according to the Compendium of Irish Biography,[1] "a well-known alchemist, the pretended discoverer of the philosopher's stone, and of a powder for bringing the dead to life, was born in Clare about 1534. He died at sea, on his passage to Spain, 29th January 1617." The sources cited for his life by the Compendium were the Biographie Générale (46 volumes, Paris, 1855-1866), of which it stated "An interleaved copy, copiously noted by the late Dr. Thomas Fisher, Assistant Librarian of Trinity College, Dublin." See also
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