Ambrose Godfrey-Hanckewitz ( 1660 - 1741 )

Birth: 1660 Death: 15 January 1741 Profession: Chemist Career: Employed as operator in the laboratory of Robert Boyle (FRS 1663); Chemical Operator, Society of Apothecaries (c1690-1706); founded his own laboratory and chemical manufacturing business and made his fortune from the manufacture of phosphorous (1707) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 22/01/1730.