Harald Thaulow (30 June 1815 – 11 March 1881) was a Norwegian pharmacist.

Biography

Harald Conrad Thaulow was born in the

Duchy of Schleswig The Duchy of Schleswig ( da, Hertugdømmet Slesvig; german: Herzogtum Schleswig; nds, Hartogdom Sleswig; frr, Härtochduum Slaswik) was a duchy in Southern Jutland () covering the area between about 60 km (35 miles) north and 70 km ( ...

, at that time a dominion of the Danish crown. He was the son of Johan Frederik Thaulow (1768–1833) and Caroline Henriette Tugendreich Looft (1777–1852). His father was both a military officer and physician. He was a brother of

Heinrich Arnold Thaulow Heinrich Arnold Thaulow (10 June 1808 – 19 August 1894) was a physician known for the introduction of balneotherapy in Norway. Thaulow founded Sandefjord Spa in Sandefjord in 1837. He was Sandefjord's first physician. He also made the first ...

and

Moritz Christian Julius Thaulow Moritz Christian Julius Thaulow (19 November 1812 – 20 July 1850) was a Norwegian chemist. Thaulow was born in the Duchy of Schleswig to Johan Frederik Thaulow (1768–1833) and Caroline Henriette Tugendreich Looft. He was a brother of Hein ...

, and a cousin of Henrik Wergeland, Camilla Collett and

Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland (17 November 1815 – 19 August 1895) was a Norwegian military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer. Personal life Wergeland was born in Christianssand and grew up at Eidsvold. He was the son of priest and ...

. He was an apprentice chemist in Oldenburg (1832–34) and at Altona (1834–36). He became a student at the University of Kiel in 1836 and traveled the same year to Christiania (now Oslo). Here he became an assistant to Jens Jacob Keyser, professor of physics and chemistry at the new University in Christiania (1836 to 1842). He took adjunct examination in 1839 and in 1843 received a license to operate a pharmacy. He established the pharmacy ''Løveapoteket'' in Christiania in 1842. The pharmacy made Thaulow very wealthy. Among his works was a treatment from 1853, on the influence of isomorphism and isometry on the development of natural sciences, for which he was awarded the Crown Prince's Gold Medal. He was strongly committed to the issue of improving the education and professionalism of pharmacists. In 1858, Thaulow established a pharmacist association in Christiania. Thaulow was granted an honorary doctorate at the University of Kiel, an honorary member of Hamburger Apothekerverein, Goethe Vaterhaus in Frankfurt am Main and of several scientific societies.

Personal life

He was married in 1844, with Nicoline Munch (1821–1871), daughter of painter Jacob Munch. They had six children, of whom the painter Frits Thaulow was the most notable.

References

1815 births 1881 deaths People from the Duchy of Schleswig Norwegian pharmacists {{Norway-scientist-stub