NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838 DNB: Accum, Friedrich Christian (1769-1838), chemist LBT ID: FrAccum1838 VIAF ID: 120709776 LOC ID: n83007794 | B/BAP: 1769-03-29 DIED: 1838-06-28 |
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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. | |