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    Title

  • Adolph Frank being portrayed for a commemorative medal

  • Physical Description

    2 photographs : black-and-white

  • Date

    undated

  • Summary

    2 photographs: The first photograph shows Adolph Frank sitting for an unidentified artist, who is working on Frank’s likeness. The second photograph shows Adolph Frank’s relief portrait on a commemorative medal.

  • Depicted

    Frank, Adolph, 1834-1916

  • Subject

    Chemists; Scientists; Portraits, Men

  • Genre

    Commemorative medals; Photographs

  • Part Of

    Adolf Leschnitzer Collection, AR 25320

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

Adolph Frank was a German chemist, known for his work with potash and creating an industry around it. Born in Klötze, he was an apprentice to an apothecary in Osterburg before attending university in Berlin and studying pharmacy, technology and the natural sciences (1855-1857). He then earned his doctorate in chemistry in Göttingen. His other work involved fertilizers, the effects of light on bottled materials, and hydrogen extraction for blimps with Carl von Linde. Adolph Frank was awarded the John Scott Medal of The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in 1893.

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Citation

Adolph Frank being portrayed for a commemorative medal, Leo Baeck Institute, F 25112.