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OBITUARY. 
FREDERICK  BADEN  BENGER. 
F.  Baden  Benger,  F.I.C.,  F.C.S.,  a  member  of  the  pharma- 
ceutical manufacturing  firm  of  Benger  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  and  a  highly  es- 
teemed member  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain,  died 
at  his  home  in  Manchester  on  January  28th. 
Mr.  Benger  appears  to  have  been  a  man  of  exceptional  character 
and  attainments,  and,  as  stated  by  one  of  his  friends,  "  rose  to  emi- 
nence in  his  calling  and  secured  a  position  of  affluence  through  the 
assiduous  development  of  the  scientific  side  ot  pharmacy." 
Mr.  Benger  received  his  pharmaceutical  education  at  Bloomsbury 
Square,  passing  his  major  examination  in  1861.  He  then  entered 
the  employ  of  Messrs.  John  Bell  &  Co.,  in  Oxford  Street.  The  sci- 
entific trend  of  his  mind  soon  manifested  itself,  and  while  in 
the  employ  of  this  firm  he  made  a  study  of  the  possibilities  of  gly- 
cerin in  pharmacy.1  In  1866  he  left  Messrs.  Bell  &  Co.,  and, 
together  with  Mr.  Standen  Paine,  his  surviving  partner,  took  over 
the  management  of  an  old-established  house  in  Manchester,  noted 
for  its  chemicals  and  scientific  instruments.  Here  he  met  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Roberts  (afterwards  Sir  William  Roberts),  and  in  conjunction 
they  carried  on  extensive  researches  on  peptic  digestion.  It  is  said 
that  this  work  helped  to  place  Sir  William  Roberts  in  the  Royal 
Society  and  in  the  front  rank  as  a  scientist.  To  Mr.  Benger  it 
brought  both  fame  and  profit,  and  may  be  said  to  have  determined 
the  subsequent  part  of  his  business  career,  for  in  1 89 1  he  and  his 
partner  relinquished  their  interests  in  practical  pharmacy  to  devote 
themselves  exclusively  to  the  manufacture  of  peptic  and  pancreatic 
products. 
Mr.  Benger  was  much  interested  in  the  educational  side  of  phar- 
macy. He  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  the  Phar- 
maceutical Society  for  thirteen  years,  and  contributed  of  his  means 
both  for  the  educational  and  benevolent  work  of  the  Society.  He 
also  took  an  active  interest  in  the  work  of  the  British  Pharmaceu- 
tical Conference,  of  which  organization  he  was  president  at  Bath  in 
1888.  In  addition  he  was  secretary  of  the  Manchester  Chemists" 
and  Druggists'  Association  for  many  years,  and  also  one  of  the  hon 
orary  apothecaries  to  the  Manchester  Royal  Infirmary. 
jAm.  Jour.  Pharm.,  Vol.  xxxvii,  1865,  p.  61. 
