"There is death in the pot" food safety work by Fredrick Accum 1820
The life and pioneering work on food safety of Fredrick Accum - Introduction
The RSC's Library & Information Centre presents the life of Fredrick Accum, a little known but influential chemist. This biography has been written by Lawson Cockroft, an RSC member and retired teacher who has written a number of articles on a historical chemistry theme. These pages were created for Chemistry Week 2001.
Used with permission from the Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 2, No. 10, 1925, pp. 838; © 1925, Division of Chemical Education, Inc. |
The life and pioneering work on food safety of Fredrick Accum
Working life in London, public lectures and "operative chemist"
The life and pioneering work on food safety of Fredrick Accum
Pioneering work on food "adulteration"
The life and pioneering work on food safety of Fredrick Accum
Final years and scandal in the library!
The life and pioneering work on food safety of Fredrick Accum
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