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Kranich, Burchard [known as Dr Burcot] (d. 1578), physician and mining entrepreneur  

John Bennell

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Kranich, Burchard [known as Dr Burcot] (d. 1578), physician and mining entrepreneur, came from southern Germany (‘High Almain’); his name suggests that he was from Kronach, upper Franconia, near the mining area of the Erzgebirge. He is first heard of in '...

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Stringer, Moses (d. 1714), chemical physician and master of mines  

John H. Appleby

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Stringer, Moses (d. 1714), chemical physician and master of mines, was one of the eleven children of Richard Stringer of Loughborough, Leicestershire. He practised paramedically before leaving the Newcastle under Lyme area in 1690 and obtaining a medical licence at Chester in July 1691. ...