Heinrich Emanuel Merck (15 September 1794 – 14 February 1855) was an apothecary whose descendants are the founders of Merck and Company and Merck KGaA. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Merck & Co Inc ( also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD outside the USA and Canada, is one of the largest Pharmaceutical companies Merck KGaA (EMD Chemicals in the United States and Canada is a German -based chemical and Pharmaceutical company.
He was a direct descendant of company founder Friedrich Jacob Merck, who had purchased the Engel-Apotheke (Angel Pharmacy) in Darmstadt in 1668. Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland The pharmacy is still part of Merck KGaA. Merck KGaA (EMD Chemicals in the United States and Canada is a German -based chemical and Pharmaceutical company.
Merck studied in Berlin and Vienna studying pharmacy. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. 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. This article is about the chemical compounds alkaloids For the Pharmaceutical company in the Republic of Macedonia see Alkaloid (company. In 1827, Merck sold all the known alkaloids to other pharmacists, chemists and physicians. From 1838 until 1841 he ran a candle factory and became a member of the town council of Darmstadt in 1828. A candle is a Light source and sometimes a Heat source consisting of a solid block of Fuel and an embedded wick. Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland As a court consultant he was working on the homicide case of the Mistress of Görlitz in 1850. Görlitz ( is a town in Germany on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland 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 1600s
- Heinrich Emanuel Merck (1794-1855) from 1816-c1855
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