Adolph Oberdörffer

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Adolph Oberdörffer (born October 21, 1822 in Hamburg ; † August 17, 1887 there ) was a German pharmacist and chemist .

Life

Apothekerglas, Pharmacognostische Sammlung A. Oberdörffer

Oberdörffer was a son of the pharmacist Johann Hinrich Christian Oberdörffer , who ran a pharmacy in Hamburg am Burstah. After attending school at the Johanneum , Oberdörffer completed a five-year apprenticeship in an Altona pharmacy from 1838 . He spent the time from 1843 to 1846 as a pharmacist's assistant in Dresden and in his father's pharmacy in Hamburg, then he studied in Jena with Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder until 1848 . In 1849 he joined his father's pharmacy as a partner. After the death of his father, Oberdörffer took over the pharmacy in 1852, initially as a tenant and from 1870 as the sole owner.

From 1856 Oberdörffer gave pharmacognostic lessons in the Hamburg Pharmaceutical Institute, which he later took over.

In 1857 Oberdörffer expanded the production of mineral water , which his father initially ran as a side business, into an independent business. He ran the production together with Eduard Zinkeisen under the company Oberdörffer & Zinkeisen.

From 1859 to 1862 Oberdörffer belonged to the Hamburg parliament . There he was secretary in 1861 and 1862.

He owned a pharmacognostic collection, which was given to the Pharmaceutical School after his death.

Offices

Oberdörffer held numerous other offices.

pharmacy

  • 1856 Appointment as sworn commercial chemist by the Hamburg Senate
  • 1857–1858 pharmacist for the poor
  • 1859–1869 co-examiner of the visitation commission of the health council
  • 1862–1864 pharmacist for the poor
  • 1864–1868 chairman of the Hamburg-Altona pharmacists' association
  • 1866–1872 pharmacist for the poor
  • 1870 and 1871 pharmaceutical member of the Health Council's visitation commission
  • 1875–1880 chairman of the Hamburg-Altona pharmacists' association
  • from 1878 assessor of the Medical College for Pharmacy
  • 1883–1887 Chairman of the Hamburg-Altonaer Apothecary Association
  • from 1885 member of the examination committee for pharmacists' assistants

church

Oberdörffer was involved in the parish of St. Nikolaikirche and held various honorary positions there.

  • 1853-1856 adjunct
  • 1857–1870 Hundred Eighties (1869 and 1870 Jurat )
  • 1871–1877 church governor
  • 1877–1887 community elder
  • 1885–1887 member of the synod as a member of the parish council

natural Science

Other offices

  • 1853–1856 poor carer
  • 1870 extraordinary civil member of the district replacement commission
  • 1875–1878 judge
  • 1880–1887 member of the library commission of the Patriotic Society

Publications

Some of the publications by Oberdörffer:

  • Japanese star anise. Poisonous star anise . In: Pharmaceutische Centralhalle for Germany . tape 22 . Springer (in Comm.), Berlin 1881, p. 162-163 ( online ).
  • The Culturhistorisches Museum . In: Hamburg in natural history and medicine. Dedicated as a festive gift to the members and participants of the 49th Assembly of German Naturalists and Physicians . L. Friederichsen & Co, Hamburg 1876, p. 210-211 ( online ).
  • et al .: Supplementum Pharmacopoeae borussicae Hamburgense, sistens medicamina Hamburgensibus usitata et recentiora nonnulla; quae in Pharmacopoea borussica, editionis septimae, non occurunt . Ed .: Medizinalkollegium Hamburg. W. Mauke Sons, Hamburg 1868 ( online ).
  • On examination of the shellac . In: Archives of Pharmacy . tape 153 . Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Hanover 1860, p. 13-14 ( online ).
  • About Balsamum peruvianum . In: Archives of Pharmacy . tape 153 . Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Hanover 1860, p. 14-15 ( online ).
  • Contribution to testing essential oils for alcohol content . In: Archives of Pharmacy . tape 123 . Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Hanover 1853, p. 1-3 ( online ).

literature

  • Wilhelm Heyden: The members of the Hamburg citizenship 1859–1862 . Festschrift for December 6, 1909. Herold in Komm., Hamburg 1909, p. 93 .
  • Oberdörffer † . In: Pharmaceutische Zeitung . tape 32 . Springer, Berlin 1887, p. 492 ( online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Negotiations of the Association for Scientific Entertainment in Hamburg . tape 3 . L. Friederichsen & Comp., Hamburg 1878, p. 4 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Oberdörffer, Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist and chemist
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1887
Place of death Hamburg