Famous Medieval Alchemists
- Thomas Aquinas, a theologian, studied alchemy before it was condemned by the Church.
- Roger Bacon was the first European to describe how to make gunpowder.
- Paracelsus used his knowledge of chemical processes to benefit the science of medicine.
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