German-born chemist and promoter of gas lighting resident in London from 1793 to 1821; his work objecting to the adulteration of food (1820) was influential.

REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Friedrich Christian Accum:

A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons, exhibiting the fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and other Articles employed in Domestic Economy, and Methods of detecting them.