Hening Brand

Hening Brand (c.1630-1692) was a German merchant who discovered Phosphorus in 1669. Being brancrupt he tried to discover the Philisophers Stone to convert silver to gold. He experimented with destilling human urine, until he finally got a white glowing substance. However he kept his discovery secret, so it was until Robert Boyle rediscovered it 1680 when the new element became public.