High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (10 April 1755? 2 July 1843), a German physician, created an alternative medicine practice called Homeopathy. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann was born in Meissen, Saxony. His father, along with many other family members, was a painter and designer of porcelain, for which the town of Meissen is famous. As a young man, Hahnemann became proficient in a number of languages, including English, French, Italian, Greek and Latin. He eventually made a living as a translator and teacher of languages, gaining further proficiency in "Arabic, Syriac, Chaldaic and Hebrew".