Friedrich Christian Accum (1769 - 1838)

Born 29 Mar 1769 in Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Husband of Mary Ann (Simpson) Accum — married 10 May 1798 in London, England

Descendants

Died 28 Jun 1838 at age 69 in Berlin, Brandenburg, Preußen, Deutscher Bund

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Biography

Friedrich or Frederick Accum was a German chemist, whose most important achievements included advances in the field of gas lighting, efforts to keep processed foods free from dangerous additives, and the promotion of interest in the science of chemistry to the general populace

Friedrich Christian was born in 1769 in Bückeburg. His father was from Vlotho, and had been in an infantry regiment in the service of Count Wilhelm von Schaumburg-Lippe. In 1755, Accum's father converted from Judaism to Protestant Christianity. At the time of his conversion baptism, the senior Accum changed his name from Markus Herz to Christian Accum. Soon after, his father married Judith Berth dit La Motte in Bückeburg. Judith was the daughter of a hat maker, who lived in the French community in Berlin, and the granddaughter of a refugee who suffered under the Huguenot persecutions in France.

On 10 May 1798 Accum married in London Mary Ann Simpson (6 March 1777 – 1 March 1816 in London). Frederick and Mary had a total of eight children, but only two survived past childhood.

He passed away in 1838 in Berlin.

Mit Mary Anne Simpson hatte er insgesamt acht Kinder, von denen aber sechs schon tot auf die Welt kamen oder im Kindesalter starben. Sein ältestes Kind, die Tochter Flora Eliza (* 17. Mai 1799), heiratete Ernst Müller, mit dem sie drei Kinder hatte. Sein Sohn Friedrich Ernst Accum (* 3. April 1801; † 28. Januar 1869) hatte mit seiner Frau Charlotte Wilhelmina Johanna Henkel vier Kinder, deren im Jahr 2006 noch lebende Nachfahren aber nicht mehr den Namen Accum trugen.

Sources

• Klemm, Friedrich, "Accum, Friedrich" in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 1 (1953), S. 27 [Online-Version]; URL: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd116004894.html#ndbcontent
• Browne, C. A. “Recently Acquired Information Concerning Fredrick Accum, 1769-1838.” Chymia 1 (1948): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.2307/27757110.
• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Accum
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Accum