| Authorised form of name | Dupre; August (1835 - 1907) |
| Dates | 1835 - 1907 |
| Place of birth | Mainz, Germany |
| Date of birth | 06 September 1835 |
| Place of death | Mount Edgcumbe, Sutton, Surrey |
| Date of death | 15/07/1907 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Benhilton, Sutton, Surrey |
| Activity | Education:
Giessen; Heidelberg. PhD (Heidelberg)
Career:
Went to London (1855); Lecturer in Chemistry, Westminister Hospital Medical School (1863-1897); Chemical Referee, Medical Department of the Privy Council Office; Public Analyst, City of Westminster (1873-1901); involved in enquiries into Thames water and purification of sewage; consulted as an expert in trials and cases involving poisoning
Memberships:
FCS (1860)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/06/1875 |
| Relationships | Second son of F Dupre, merchant, of Frankfurt; married (1876) Florence Maries, daughter of H T Robberds of Manchester |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1907-1908 vol 80 pp xiv-xviii |
| Code | NA6445 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/13/425 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 1 September 1896 |
| MM/14/154 | Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, Cambridge, to August Dupre | 18 May 1868 |
| MM/14/162 | Letter from August Dupre, Westminster Hospital, to George Gabriel Stokes | 12 December 1872 |
| NLB/35/789 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 17 July 1907 |
| NLB/1/188 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr August Dupre, Fellow of the Royal Society | 1 October 1886 |
| NLB/7/655 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr August Dupre, Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 April 1893 |
| NLB/16/623 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr A Dupre, 2 Edinburgh Mansions, Howick Place, I.W. | 9 May 1898 |
| NLB/19/585 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 7 November 1899 |
| RR/6/113 | Referee's report by Thomas Andrews, on a paper 'On the specific heat and other physical properties of aqueous mixtures and solutions' by August Dupré and Frederick James M Page | 21 April 1869 |
| RR/7/175 | Letter from August Dupre, on his paper 'On the specific heat and other physical characters of mixtures of methylic alcohol and water, and on certain relations existing between the specific heat of a mixture or solution and the heat evolved or absorbed in their formation' to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 21 November 1872 |
| RR/7/171 | Memorandum by Edmund Alexander Parkes, on a paper 'On the specific heat and other physical characters of mixtures of methylic alcohol and water, and on certain relations existing between the specific heat of a mixture or solution and the heat evolved or absorbed in their formation' by August Dupre | 1872 |
| RR/6/112 | Referee's report by Thomas Graham, on a paper 'On the specific heat and other physical properties of aqueous mixtures and solutions' by August Dupré and Frederick James M Page | 22 March 1869 |
| RR/7/174 | Referee's report by James Prescott Joule, on a paper 'On the specific heat and other physical characters of mixtures of methylic alcohol and water, and on certain relations existing between the specific heat of a mixture or solution and the heat evolved or absorbed in their formation' by August Dupre | 1872 |
| RR/6/110 | Referee's report by Thomas Andrews, on a paper 'The specific heat of mixtures of alcohol and water' by August Dupré and Frederick James M Page | 11 June 1868 |
| RR/6/109 | Referee's report by Thomas Graham, on a paper 'The specific heat of mixtures of alcohol and water' by August Dupré and Frederick James M Page | 19 May 1868 |
| EC/1875/21 | Dupre, August: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/6/111 | Letter from August Dupré and Frederick James M Page, regarding a paper 'The specific heat of mixtures of alcohol and water' by August Dupré and F J M Page | 15 July 1868 |
| RR/7/170 | Referee's report by Edmund Alexander Parkes, on a paper 'On the specific heat and other physical characters of mixtures of methylic alcohol and water, and on certain relations existing between the specific heat of a mixture or solution and the heat evolved or absorbed in their formation' by August Dupre | 24 February 1872 |
| RR/7/172 | Referee's report by Heinrich Debus, on a paper 'On the specific heat and other physical characters of mixtures of methylic alcohol and water, and on certain relations existing between the specific heat of a mixture or solution and the heat evolved or absorbed in their formation' by August Dupre | 19 March 1872 |
| RR/7/173 | Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the specific heat and other physical characters of mixtures of methylic alcohol and water, and on certain relations existing between the specific heat of a mixture or solution and the heat evolved or absorbed in their formation' by August Dupre | 6 September 1872 |