Hans Henrich Maschmann, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hans Henrich Maschmann

pharmacist

Date of Birth: 06-May-1775

Date of Death: 19-Nov-1860

Profession: businessperson, pharmacist, chemist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Hans Henrich Maschmann

  • Hans Henrich Maschmann (6 May 1775 – 19 November 1860) was a Norwegian pharmacist who was central to the effort to provide the country with medicines during the Napoleonic Wars.Hans Henrich Maschmann was born in Oslo, Norway.
  • He was the son of Johan Heinrich Maschmann (1719-1785) who had re-located from Hamburg, Germany.
  • From 1773, his father had been the owner-operator of the pharmaceutical firm, Elefantapoteket i Christiania.
  • In 1786, Hans Maschmann was sent to school in Hamburg which was followed three years later with a four-year apprenticeship at a pharmacy in Halden in Østfold.
  • Later he traveled to Kongsberg, where he attended lectures of the Danish chemist Nicolay Tychsen (1751-1804).
  • In 1796, he took his examen pharmaceuticum.
  • In 1797, following the death of both of his parents, Maschmann received his license to acquire and operate the pharmacy.
  • When Denmark-Norway was drawn into the Napoleonic wars in 1807, the resulting British naval embargo limited the supply of goods, including pharmaceuticals.
  • Maschmann worked with other pharmaceutical wholesaler in the country to avoided medical shortages during these crisis years which extended until the Treaty of Kiel in 1814.
  • In 1839, he turned over management of the pharmacy firm to his eldest son Carl Gustav Maschmann, who died in 1848.
  • He managed the pharmacy until 1856 when his younger son, Bernt Sverdrup Maschmann joined the firm.Maschmann was a member of Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters from 1825.
  • He was appointed Knight of the Order of St.
  • Olav in 1853 and also knighted in the Swedish Order of Vasa.

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