Karl Wacker

Karl Hermann Wacker (born September 16, 1837 in Ulm ; † May 2, 1908 ibid) was a German pharmacist and food chemist , head of the Ulm Löwen pharmacy and founder of the city's first food institute.

Life

Karl Wacker studied at the University of Tübingen and was in Tübingen on March 14, 1861 Dr. phil. PhD . Wacker became a pharmacist and from 1864 worked in the Löwen pharmacy in Ulm, for which he received approval as a homeopathic central pharmacy in 1886 . With the designation of the Löwen pharmacy as a testing institute for testing foodstuffs, Wacker founded the city of Ulm's first food institute. In 1895 he handed over the management of the pharmacy to his son Karl Wacker.

In 1880 he succeeded Conrad Dietrich Magirus as commander of the Ulm fire brigade .

Karl Wacker served as a city councilor for 36 years and became deputy mayor of the city of Ulm.

He was a member of the Association for Mathematics and Natural Sciences in Ulm, founded in 1865, and in 1868 became a member of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg .

On August 27, 1884, Karl Wacker was accepted as a member ( matriculation number 2485 ) of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Karl Hermann Wacker, who held the title of Royal Württemberg Court Councilor , became an honorary citizen of the city of Ulm in 1907 .

Awards

Red Eagle Order IV class
1883 - Frederick Order , Knight's Cross 1st Class
1901 - Order of Olga
1905 - Order of the Württemberg Crown , Knight's Cross
War memorial for the campaigns 1870–71 (German Empire)
Large gold medal for art and science on ribbon
1907 - honorary citizen of the city of Ulm

Fonts

About the sanitary facilities of the city of Ulm . In: Annuals of the Association for Mathematics and Natural Sciences in Ulm, 6, 1893, pp. 109–130
The fire extinguishing system of the city of Ulm in its historical development. Festschrift to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ulm voluntary fire brigade . Ulm 1897

literature

Irene-Franziska Maurer: From quackery to science: 650 years of pharmacy history using the example of the Ulm Lion Pharmacy . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft in Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 2015
Joseph König and A. Juckenack: The institutions for the technical investigation of foodstuffs and luxury items as well as everyday objects . Springer, Berlin 1907, p. 222 digitized
Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 446 .

Web links

Member Post by Karl Wacker at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Individual evidence

^ Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. In commission at Wilh. Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, list of members according to the chronological order of their entry from 1860 to December 31, 1887, p. 223 ( archive.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Wacker, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wacker, Karl Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German pharmacist and food chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 16, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ulm
DATE OF DEATH	May 2, 1908
Place of death	Ulm

[1] Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. In commission at Wilh. Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, list of members according to the chronological order of their entry from 1860 to December 31, 1887, p. 223 ( archive.org ).