Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering
German businessman
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Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering (31 May 1824 – 27 December 1889) was a German apothecary and industrialist who created the Schering Corporation. The company split into Schering AG and Schering-Plough after US assets were seized during World War II.
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| Born | 31 May 1824 |
| Died | 27 December 1889 (aged 65) |
| Known for | Founder of the Schering Corporation |
Biography
Schering was born on 31 May 1824 in Prenzlau.[1] In 1851 he opened a pharmacy in Chausseestrasse, in the north of Berlin.[2][3] He died on December 27, 1889, and was buried in the Protestant Friedhof III der Jerusalems- und Neuen Kirchengemeinde (Cemetery No. III of the congregations of Jerusalem's Church and New Church) in Berlin-Kreuzberg, south of Hallesches Tor.
Legacy
The Ernst Schering Prize, established in 1991, is awarded annually in his honour by the Schering Foundation for outstanding research in medicine, biology or chemistry.[4]
Between 1986 and 2018, the Schering Foundation also awarded the Schering Prize, an award for the best chemistry dissertation at a Berlin university (originally restricted to the Technical University of Berlin).[5] The first recipient was Thomas M. Klapötke.[6]
