Friedrich Philipp Dulk


Friedrich Philipp Dulk was a German pharmacist and chemist. He was the father of writer Albert Dulk and father-in-law to mathematician Otto Hesse.
He studied law at the University of Königsberg, and in the meantime received training in pharmacy from his brother. In 1812 he qualified as a pharmacist in Berlin, and three years later, took charge of his brother's pharmacy. In 1825 he obtained his habilitation and in 1833 became a full professor of chemistry at the University of Königsberg. In 1847 he was elected a delegate to the Prussian Landtag.

Published works

In 1829–30 he published a two-volume Prussian pharmacopeia titled "Pharmacopoea Borussica : die Preußische Pharmacopöe". His other written works include:
  • Über Elektromagnetismus, 1823 - On electromagnetism.
  • Einfache Mittel, 1829.
  • Zusammengesetzte Mittel, 1830.
  • Anhang zur Preußischen Pharmakopöe, 1830 - Notes on the Prussian pharmacopoeia.
  • Handbuch der Chemie - Handbook of chemistry.
  • Synoptische Tabelle über die Atomgewichte der einfachen und mehrerer zusammengesetzter Körper und über das Verhältniß der Bestandtheile der letzteren - Synoptic table of atomic weights of simple and more composite bodies, etc.