Buy 3, pay for 2 — use code TRIPLEUS at checkout.
Friedrich Accum
AuthorBooks · Second hand1769-1838
Friedrich Christian Accum or Frederick Accum was a German chemist, whose most important achievements included advances in the field of gas lighting, efforts to keep processed foods free from dangerous additives, and the promotion of interest in the science of chemistry to the general populace. From 1793 to 1821 Accum lived in London. Following an apprenticeship as an apothecary, he opened his own commercial laboratory enterprise. His business manufactured and sold a variety of chemicals and laboratory equipment. Accum, himself, gave fee-based public lectures in practical chemistry and collaborated with research efforts at numerous other institutes of science.
6
Titles
1
Featured books
5
Curiosities
About Friedrich Accum
Birth
1769
Death
1838
Friedrich Christian Accum or Frederick Accum was a German chemist, whose most important achievements included advances in the field of gas lighting, efforts to keep processed foods free from dangerous additives, and the promotion of interest in the science of chemistry to the general populace. From 1793 to 1821 Accum lived in London. Following an apprenticeship as an apothecary, he opened his own commercial laboratory enterprise. His business manufactured and sold a variety of chemicals and laboratory equipment. Accum, himself, gave fee-based public lectures in practical chemistry and collaborated with research efforts at numerous other institutes of science.
Friedrich Accum was a prominent German chemist born in Bückeburg in 1769.
His most recognized work is the influential Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons.
Throughout his career, Accum published a total of six works that were fundamental to the science of his time.
His work focused on applied chemistry, leaving a significant legacy in the study of food safety.
He passed away in 1838, leaving behind a career marked by scientific rigor and intellectual curiosity.
