OSCAR Robert Otto Oldberg
Kemiprofessor. Blev 67 år.
| Född: | 1846-01-22 Alfta, (X) 1) | |
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| Döpt: | 1846-01-24 Alfta, (X) 1) | |
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| Licenserad farmalog: | 1865 2) | |
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| Studerade farmakologi: | 1865 Falun, (W) 2) | Studerade famakolgi hos F.W Helleday Falun. Gjorde bl a vattenanalyser vid Falu hälsobrunn. Helleday, F. W. Analys på mineralvattnet från den s.k. Fahlu Helsobrunn. Öfversigt af
Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Förhandlingar. Årg.9. 1852, sid. 193-194. (2)
Källa: Akademin för de friska källorna
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| Emigrerade: | 1866-08-26 Nord Amerika 3) | Utvandrad 26/8 1866 från Prästgården Kyrkbyn, Alfta, Gävleborgs län (Hälsingland) till Nordamerika |
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| Arbete som farmalog: | mellan 1867-01 och 1868-01 New York, USA 2) | |
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| School of Pharmacy: | 1869 Georgetown College, Washington DC 2) | |
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| Dekanus: | före 1874 National College of Pharmacy, Washington DC 2) | |
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| Arbete som farmalog: | 1874 U.S. Marine Hospital Service 2) | |
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| Inflyttad: | 1882 Chicago, USA 2) | |
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| Professor of Pharmacy: | mellan 1886-01 och 1911-01 Northwestern University School 2) | |
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| Död: | 1913-02-27 Pasadena Kalifornien, USA 2) | |
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Noteringar
Oscar Oldberg worked as a pharmacist in New York for two years. In 1869 he joined the faculty of the School of Pharmacy of Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. He later became dean of the National College of Pharmacy also in Washington. In 1874 Oldberg began working with the U.S.Marine Hospital Service as chief clerk and medical purveyor. In 1882 he moved to Chicago.
When the Northwestern University School of Pharmacy was established in 1886 Oldberg became its dean and professor of pharmacy. He retired from Northwestern in 1911 due to poor health.
Oldberg wrote several books and manuals including The Metric System in Medicine (1881), A
Manual of Weights, Measures and Specific Gravity (1885), A Course in Home Study for
Pharmacists (1891), A Laboratory Manual for Chemistry, Medical and Pharmaceutical (1893)
written with John H. Long, Inorganic, General, Medical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (1900), 1500 Prescriptions of All Kinds Right and Wrong (1901), and Pharmacy; Theoretical and Practical (1913). He was a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association, the American Chemical Society, the American Metrological Society, the National Geographic Society, and the Chemical Society of Germany among other organizations. In 1880 Oldberg was elected a member of the Committee of Revision and Publication of the Pharmacopoeia of the United States. He was appointed and reappointed to this committee for three ten-year terms.
Oldberg married Emma Parritt on May 17, 1873.
Source: Oscar Oldberg papers, 1917-1976, n.d. Series 19/3/3
Källor
| 1) | GID 2202.44.1900 Alfta C:5 Födde Dop 1807-1850 Bild 19 |
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| 2) | Oscar Oldberg biography 1877-1913 |
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| 3) | Emigrationsakt: Alfta X 1866 021 |
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| 2008-05-02 |
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