Robert Fludd, also known as Robertus de Fluctibus (1574, Bearsted, Kent - September 8 1637, London) was a prominent English Paracelsian physicist, astrologer, and mystic. He was not a member of the Rosicrucians, as often alleged, but he defended their thoughts in the Apologia Compendiaria of 1616. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fludd, a high-ranking governmental official (Queen Elizabeth I's treasurer for war in Europe). Wikipedia
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The hermeticist Robert Fludd (1574-1637) also wrote several short treatises on chiromancy, a copy of one of which was reproduced in Praetorius' 'Ludicrum Chiromanticum' of 1659 as we have already seen. Fludd had studied medicine at Oxford but had been st www.johnnyfincham.com/history/fludd.htm
Robert Fludd was born in Milgate in 1574. He studied medicine at Oxford for seven years and successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in 1598. After his studies, his travels took him to France, Italy, and Germany. During his medical studies, he d www.robert-fludd.com/