A pharmacist, also known as a chemist in Commonwealth English, is a healthcare professional who is knowledgeable about preparation, mechanism of action, clinical usage and legislation of medications i
A patient consulting a pharmacist
Clinical pharmacists go on rounds with doctors in order to provide direct patient care and comprehensive medication management.
A chemist is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully de
The Apothecary or The Chemist, a portrait by Gabriël Metsu, c. 1651–67
German chemist Georgius Agricola (1494–1555) was the first to drop the Arabic definite article al-, exclusively writing chymia and chymista in describing activity that we today would characterize as chemical or alchemical.
Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, author of the first modern periodic table of elements
Antoine Lavoisier (1743–94) is considered the "Father of Modern Chemistry".