Friedrich Philipp Dulk (22 November 1788 in

Stallupönen Nesterov (russian: Не́стеров), until 1938 known by its German name ( lt, Stalupėnai; pl, Stołupiany) and in 1938-1946 as Ebenrode, is a town and the administrative center of Nesterovsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located ...

– 14 December 1851 in

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) was a German

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and

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. He was the father of writer

Albert Dulk Albert Friedrich Benno Dulk (1819–1884) was a German author. Biography Dulk was born in Königsberg to Friedrich Philipp Dulk (1788–1851). He studied medicine and the natural sciences in Königsberg and in Leipzig and Breslau. He took an act ...

(1819–1884) and father-in-law to mathematician Otto Hesse. He studied law at the University of Königsberg, and in the meantime received training in pharmacy from his brother. In 1812 he qualified as a pharmacist in

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, and three years later, took charge of his brother's pharmacy. In 1825 he obtained his

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and in 1833 became a full professor of chemistry at the University of Königsberg. In 1847 he was elected a delegate to the Prussian Landtag.

Published works

In 1829–30 he published a two-volume Prussian

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titled "''Pharmacopoea Borussica : die Preussiche Pharmacopoe''"
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. His other written works include: * ''Über Elektromagnetismus'', 1823 – On

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. * ''Einfache Mittel'', 1829. * ''Zusammengesetzte Mittel'', 1830. * ''Anhang zur Preussischen Pharmakopöe'', 1830 – Notes on the Prussian pharmacopoeia. * ''Handbuch der Chemie'' (2 volumes, 1833–34) – Handbook of chemistry. * ''Synoptische Tabelle über die Atomgewichte der einfachen und mehrerer zusammengesetzter Körper und über das Verhältniß der Bestandtheile der letzteren'' (4th edition, 1839) – Synoptic table of atomic weights of simple and more composite bodies, etc.WorldCat Search
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dulk, Friedrich Philipp 1788 births 1851 deaths People from Nesterov People from East Prussia German pharmacists 19th-century German chemists Academic staff of the University of Königsberg University of Königsberg alumni