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His father died early and he was raised by his mother, "a very active, intelligent and righteous woman," who arranged for him to receive an extraordinarily good education for his era. He studied all the sciences and learned all the important languages of 18th century Europe. Andreae learned the art
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in Leyden. In 1747 he became head of his family's pharmacy in
Hanover, at the time still owned by his mother. His mother formally ceded the ownership to him in 1751, shortly before her death. In November 1751, he married Ilse Sophie Müller (1728–1795). The marriage was a happy one, but they had no
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Johann
Gerhard Reinhard Andreae (1724–1793) was a natural scientist, proprietor of a pharmacy in Hanover, and correspondent with many prominent men of his day. This portrait was engraved by Johann Philipp Ganz, engraver to the King of
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and taken over by his great-grandfather Johann
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was on the verge of bankruptcy around 1770, Andreae also paid off its substantial debts to save the company, after the famous actor
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Andreae declined memberships of several scientific societies, as he regarded such honours as "learned charlatanry."
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