Heinrich Emanuel Merck (15 September 1794 – 14 February 1855) was an

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whose descendants are the founders of Merck and Company and

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Biography

He was a direct descendant of company founder Friedrich Jacob Merck, who had purchased the Engel-Apotheke (Angel Pharmacy) in Darmstadt in 1668. The pharmacy is still part of

, but the original building was destroyed during

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in the bombing campaigns, and therefore it is a new construction. Merck studied pharmacy in

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and

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. He then worked at his father's Engel-Apotheke. In 1816 he took over management. In addition to this he was occupied with research on the chemical constitution of herbal natural material. He isolated alkaloids and prepared them in a pure state. In 1827, Merck sold all the known alkaloids to other pharmacists, chemists and physicians. From 1838 until 1841 he ran a

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factory and became a member of the town council of Darmstadt in 1828. As a court consultant he was working on the homicide case of the Mistress of Görlitz in 1850. At the time of Merck's death, ca. 23—50 workers were employed at his chemical-pharmaceutical factory. His three sons took over his business.

Engel-Apotheke

*Friedrich Jacob Merck in the 17th century *Heinrich Emanuel Merck (1794–1855) from 1816–1855

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Merck, Heinrich Emanuel Merck Group people 1794 births 1855 deaths German pharmacists Scientists from Darmstadt 19th-century German chemists

Biography

Engel-Apotheke

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