Background
He was a direct descendant of company founder Friedrich Jacob Merck, who had purchased the (Angel Pharmacy) in Darmstadt in 1668.
He was a direct descendant of company founder Friedrich Jacob Merck, who had purchased the (Angel Pharmacy) in Darmstadt in 1668.
Merck studied in Berlin and Vienna studying pharmacy.
The pharmacy is still part of Merck Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien. He then worked at his father"s 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.
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. Friedrich Jacob Merck in the 17th century
Heinrich Emanuel Merck (1794–1855) from 1816-c1855.
From 1838 until 1841 he ran a candle factory and became a member of the town council of Darmstadt in 1828.