Person Dupre; August (1835 - 1907); analytical chemist Dupre August analytical chemist Dupré 1835 - 1907 German Male Mainz, Germany, Europe 06 September 1835 18350906 Mount Edgcumbe, Sutton, Surrey, England 15/07/1907 19070715 Burial: Benhilton, Sutton, Surrey, England

53 Burton Cresent, London (1871); Mount Edgecombe, Surrey, England

Chemist Analytical chemistry Applied chemistry Organic chemistry Inorganic chemistry Oenology Chemistry Education: Giessen; Darmstadt; 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); consulting chemist to the explosives department of the Home Office (1873); lecturer in toxicology at the London School of Medicine for Women (1874-1901); member of the War Office explosives committee (1888); member of the Ordnance Research Board (1906). Memberships: FCS (1860) Institute of Chemistry (1877) Society of Public Analysts (President 1877–8) Society of Chemical Industry (1894-7) Parents: J. F. Dupré, merchant of Huguenot background, and J. A. Schafer (d. 1835) of Frankfurt. Spouse: Florence Maries, daughter of H T Robberds of Manchester (1876). Children: Four sons and one daughter. Significantly contributed in making connections between bacterial theory and public health issues. Involved in enquiries into Thames water and purification of sewage. Consulted as an expert in trials and cases involving poisoning. One of the leading British experts on explosives. His investigations, in collaboration with William Odling (FRS 1859), revealed the almost universal presence of copper in vegetable and animal tissues. First to observe, in collaboration with Henry Bence Jones (FRS 1846), the formation of ptomaines by the decomposition of animal matters. Fellow 03/06/1875 40 Lionel Smith Beale Frederick Guthrie Balfour Stewart George Bowdler Buckton John Hall Gladstone William Marcet Henry Enfield Roscoe Charles Brooke Alfred Swaine Taylor John Simon John Stenhouse Henry Bence Jones Edward Frankland William Odling Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1907-1908 vol 80 pp xiv-xviii International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Dupre%2C+August 6 Sep 1835 - 15 Jul 1907 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 30/10/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6445 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 05/06/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes a0d0e90c-d438-4cdd-bb69-3f6c02a48039