Frederick K. Humphreys (March 11, 1816 – July 18, 1900) was an American physician and the founder of Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Company in New York City in 1853.
Biography
Frederick was born in Marcellus, New York, on March 11, 1816. Frederick was raised in
Auburn, New York
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, where he went to the Auburn Academy. In 1832 he joined his uncle and brother in their clock business. In 1835 he returned home to manage his father's farm.
In 1837, at the age of 21, he married Cornelia Palmer (c 1816–1840), and they moved to
Chillicothe, Ohio
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, where Cornelia's father lived. In Chillicothe Frederick entered the
Methodist Episcopal
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ministry. His wife died in 1840 and Fredrick returned to Auburn as an itinerant preacher. On August 1, 1843, Frederick married his second wife, Frances Maria Sperry (1826–1902) of Ludlowville, Tompkins County, New York. They had the following children: Helen Frances Humphreys (1844–?); Frederick Hahnemann Humphreys (1847–1919); Alvah Jay Sperry Humphreys (1851–1884) who was the father of
Frederick Erastus Humphreys
Frederick Erastus Humphreys (September 16, 1883 – January 20, 1941) was one of the original three military pilots trained by the Wright brothers and the first to fly solo.
Biography
Frederick was born on September 16, 1883 in Summit, New Jersey ...
; and Frank Landon Humphreys (1858–?).
Humphreys began the study of medicine under his father, then, in 1848 attended the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania (later Hahnemann Medical College; now part of
Drexel University College of Medicine
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) as one of the first class of fifteen students, earning joint M.D. and H.M.D. degrees.
Humphreys was the personal physician of
Theron T. Pond
Theron Tilden Pond (August 20, 1800 – February 22, 1852) was an American pharmacist and businessman, credited as the founder of the T. T. Pond company, which he co-founded along with several associates in 1849.
Biography
Theron T. Pond was bor ...
(?–1852), and Humphreys claimed that Pond gave him permission to manufacture
Pond's Creams
Pond's is an American brand of beauty and health care products, currently owned by Unilever.
History
Pond's Cream was invented in the United States as a patent medicine by pharmacist Theron T. Pond (1800–1852) of Utica, New York, in 1846. M ...
before he died. Humphreys began to manufacture the product under the name "Pond's Extract". Palmer, who took over the Pond's corporation, received an injunction from Humphrey using the name 'Pond's Extract' or manufacturing the cream. Around 1871 the lawsuit of Palmer vs. Humphrey was still pending, when F. W. Hurtt, a banker of New York, bought the alleged rights from Humphrey Homeopathic Medicine Company, and took Palmer into the new partnership, giving him a one-eighth interest in the new corporation.
Frederick Humphreys died in 1900 in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, and he was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn.
President
*Frederick K. Humphreys (1816–1900) from 1853 to 1900
*Frederick Hahnemann Humphreys (1847–1919) from 1900 to 1919
*
Frederick Erastus Humphreys
Frederick Erastus Humphreys (September 16, 1883 – January 20, 1941) was one of the original three military pilots trained by the Wright brothers and the first to fly solo.
Biography
Frederick was born on September 16, 1883 in Summit, New Jersey ...
(1883–1941) from 1929 to 1941
*Suzanne Humphreys-Ford-de Florez (1915–2001) from 1954 to 2001. She was born in
Far Hills, New Jersey
Far Hills is a borough in Somerset County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, the population was 919,Grand View-on-Hudson, New York on July 25, 2001.
Company
*Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Company (1854) in New York City
*Humphreys Medicine Company (1940)
*Humphreys Pharmacal, Inc. (1968) in Rutherford, New Jersey
Publications
* ''Homoeopathic Treatment of Diseases of the Sexual System, a complete repertory''.
New York City, New York
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W. Radde. 144p. (1850)
* ''Dysentery and its Homoeopathic Treatment. Containing a repertory and cases''.
New York City, New York
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W. Radde. 87p. (1853)
* ''Homoeopathic Treatment of Diseases of the Sexual System, a complete repertory''. 2d ed.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Rademacher & Sheek. 144p. (1854)
*''Humphrey's Manual of Specific Homoeopathy for the Administration of Medicine and Cure of Disease''. Auburn, New York. 148p. (1856)
*''Humphrey's Manual of Specific Homoeopathy for the Administration of Medicine and Cure of Disease''.
New York City, New York
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*''Humphreys Specific Homoeopathic Medicine Co''. 148p. (1858)
*''Humphrey's Manual of Specific Homoeopathy for the Administration of Medicine and Cure of Disease''.
New York City, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...