Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, known as Paracelsus, was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. November 19, 1493 – October 4, 1541; died at 47. Alive at the same time as Michelangelo, Martin Luther, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Wiki link