List of pharmacists

[[List of Pharmacists is a comprehensive enumeration of individuals who have significantly contributed to the field of pharmacy. Pharmacy, as a vital branch of the health sciences, focuses on the safe and effective use of medications. Pharmacists are healthcare professionals who specialize in the use and effects of medications, providing information, advice, and expertise on drug therapy to both healthcare professionals and patients. This article aims to highlight notable pharmacists who have made significant contributions to medicine, healthcare, and the science of pharmacology.

Notable Pharmacists

Ancient and Medieval Periods

• Pedanius Dioscorides (c. 40–90 AD) - A Greek physician, pharmacologist, and botanist, Dioscorides authored De Materia Medica, a 5-volume encyclopedia about herbal medicine that was used extensively for over 1,500 years.
• Galen (129–c. 200/c. 216) - A prominent Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher in the Roman Empire who made significant contributions to the understanding of medicine, including compounding medicines.

Renaissance to 18th Century

• Paracelsus (1493–1541) - A Swiss physician and alchemist who introduced the concept of chemical medicine, with the belief that the body is a chemical system that can be treated with chemical remedies.
• Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654) - An English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer, Culpeper published The English Physitian (1652), an extensive directory of herbal medicines.

19th Century

• Friedrich Sertürner (1783–1841) - A German pharmacist who first isolated morphine from opium in 1804, marking the birth of alkaloid chemistry.
• William Procter Jr. (1817–1874) - Often referred to as the "Father of American Pharmacy," he was a prominent American pharmacist and a co-founder of the American Pharmaceutical Association (now the American Pharmacists Association).

20th Century to Present

• Tu Youyou (Born 1930) - A Chinese pharmaceutical chemist and malariologist who discovered artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin, used to treat malaria, which earned her the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015.
• Dennis P. H. Hsieh (1935–2017) - A Taiwanese-American pharmacist known for his work in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
• Cynthia Mary Kenyon (Born 1954) - An American biochemist and geneticist, known for her work in genetics and biogerontology.

See Also

• History of pharmacy
• Pharmacology
• List of drugs by year of discovery

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