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Georg Friedrich Hildebrandt
Born	1764 Germany
Died	1816 Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Göttingen
Scientific career
Fields	Pharmacist, chemist, and anatomist
Institutions	University of Erlangen
Doctoral advisor	Johann Friedrich Gmelin
Doctoral students	Johann Salomo Christoph Schweigger

Georg Friedrich Hildebrandt (1764–1816) was a pharmacist, chemist, and anatomist. He was an early supporter of Lavoisier's theories in Germany. He investigated mercury compounds, and the chemical nature of quicklime, ammonium nitrate, and ammonia. He studied light emitted by electric discharges through air and investigated use of nitric oxide to determine the oxygen content of air. He developed a method to separate silver from copper. He wrote textbooks on pharmacology and human anatomy, and treatises on smallpox, sleep, and the digestive system.

K. Hufbauer, The Formation of the German Chemical Community (1720-1795), University of California Press, 1982, p. 214.
Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970-1990, vol. 6, p. 395.
J. fur Chemie und Physik, 1819, 25, pp. 1-16.
J. R. Partington, A History of Chemistry, Macmillan, 1962, vol. 3, pp. 638-639.

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