Samuel Hahnemann

Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (10 April 1755 – 2nd July 1843) was a German physician who created homoeopathy.

Born Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann in Meissen, Saxony, a town "famous for its porcelain. His father, uncles and grandfathers were all painters and designers of porcelain."^[1] Hahnemann showed "a marked proficiency in languages, of which he spoke at least nine;"^[2] "by twenty he had mastered English, French, Italian, Greek and Latin,"^[3] and was making a living as a translator and teacher of languages. He later gained proficiency in "Arabic, Syriac, Chaldaic and Hebrew."^[3]