Researching Martin Younger
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The name Martin means "Warlike" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Martin Younger on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Martin Younger and the Younger Family History
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Some Famous People called Martin Younger
Martin Ruland the Younger
Martin Ruland the Younger (11 November 1569 – 23 April 1611), also known as Martinus Rulandus or Martin Rulandt, was a German physician and alchemist.
He was born in the Bavarian town of Lauingen, the son of the physician and alchemist Martin Ruland the Elder.
Ruland the Younger practiced at Regensburg during the 1590s and later at Prague. In Prague, he belonged to Emperor Rudolf II's retinue at the Habsburg court which during Rudolf's reign promoted the study of alchemy and astrology. Rudolf II conferred nobility upon Ruland the Younger in 1608.
Ruland's 1612 Lexicon alchemiae (Dictionary of Alchemy) is cited by the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung in his writings on alchemy. Waite translated the book into the English language.
Ruland the Younger was also the editor of his father's works.
Source: Martin Ruland the Younger, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Younger
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