During her short time in Sweden, she had learned Swedish and had become a
Swede, as Scheele wrote. The funeral was held on May 25, and she was buried next
to the grave of apothecary Pohl. Back in Stralsund, his brother got a daughter,
named Catarina Eleonora Wilhelmina, the third name was an honour to his brother,
the famous chemist. This increased the strain on his economy, and he asked Wilhelm to invite the remaining sister, Anna, aged 40, to Sweden. Unlike her younger
sister, she was not so eager to go to Sweden, and Friedrich asked Scheele to
persuade her, as neither his wife, nor his father-in-law, liked that he supported her
economically. As will be seen later, other things came in between.
Scheele’s economy improved and on February 7, 1781, after six years in
Köping, he bought a house at the Great Square (Stora torget) where he moved his
pharmacy (Fig. 19.2). The house was bought on auction, and Scheele’s winning bid
was 244 riksdaler specie and 20 skilling. It included a garden plot and pasture, and
was renovated during the summer of 1782. By the time of his death, Scheele had
two cows and a sow. In a letter to Bergman written in May 1782, Scheele wrote that
the work with the house took up so much time, that he had not yet had time to study
a sample of asbestos sent by Bergman.
Fig. 19.2 Scheele’s pharmacy in Köping, as it appeared a century after Scheele’s death. The
building was demolished three years later. Wood cut by Amanda Maria Falander from Cleves
biography [7]
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Swede, as Scheele wrote. The funeral was held on May 25, and she was buried next
to the grave of apothecary Pohl. Back in Stralsund, his brother got a daughter,
named Catarina Eleonora Wilhelmina, the third name was an honour to his brother,
the famous chemist. This increased the strain on his economy, and he asked Wilhelm to invite the remaining sister, Anna, aged 40, to Sweden. Unlike her younger
sister, she was not so eager to go to Sweden, and Friedrich asked Scheele to
persuade her, as neither his wife, nor his father-in-law, liked that he supported her
economically. As will be seen later, other things came in between.
Scheele’s economy improved and on February 7, 1781, after six years in
Köping, he bought a house at the Great Square (Stora torget) where he moved his
pharmacy (Fig. 19.2). The house was bought on auction, and Scheele’s winning bid
was 244 riksdaler specie and 20 skilling. It included a garden plot and pasture, and
was renovated during the summer of 1782. By the time of his death, Scheele had
two cows and a sow. In a letter to Bergman written in May 1782, Scheele wrote that
the work with the house took up so much time, that he had not yet had time to study
a sample of asbestos sent by Bergman.
Fig. 19.2 Scheele’s pharmacy in Köping, as it appeared a century after Scheele’s death. The
building was demolished three years later. Wood cut by Amanda Maria Falander from Cleves
biography [7]
19.2 Scheele’s Life in Köping
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