William Schroter ( 1640 - 1699 )

Birth: Königsberg, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha (15 November 1640) Death: Eperies [Prešov], Hungary (1689 or October 1699) Occupation: civil servant; industrialist Research Field: Chemistry, Metallurgy Education: Gotha grammar school; Jena (admitted 1659) Career: Entered the service of the Emperor Leopold I (1674); travelled to England to study industry (1675-1677); ran the factory founded by Johann Joachim Becher in Vienna (1677-1681); Counsellor of the Exchequer for Kaschau [Košice] and Preßburg [Bratislava] in the Kingdom of Hungary (1687-1688) Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Proposers: Robert Boyle (25 June 1662) Other RSActivity: Conducted experiments on saltpeter (1662).