Christian Heinrich Scheele (February 14, 1740–1766). Christian Heinrich moved
to Batavia (present day Jakarta in Indonesia), where he became a merchant, but died
young.
Friedrich Christoph Scheele (June 14, 1741–1817). When his father, Joachim
Christian, died in 1776, Freiedrich Christoph took over his father’s business, but he
also had to support his mother and unmarried sisters Anna and Maria. He also
supported his younger brother Paul’s medical studies, which contributed to his
financial problems [31]. Soon after his father’s death, he had to give up the business
for some time [32]. After marrying the daughter of wealthy Stralsund apothecary
Frederici in 1779, his economy improved [33]. Carl Wilhelm corresponded with his
brother for his entire life, and Friedrich Christoph is listed as a subscriber of Carl
Wilhelm’s collected works [34], as was father-in-law, Apothecary Frederici.
Catharina Ilsabetha Scheele (April 14, 1744–April 15, 1766). Catharina Ilsabetha
died young, and no details of her life are known.
Christiana Rosina Scheele (December 22, 1745–1782). Christina Rosina was the
only of Scheele’s sisters who married, which she did on October 11, 1775, with
clergyman Gabriel Daniel Groth of Altenkirchen on the Wittow peninsula of
Rügen.
Maria Juliana Scheele (June 6, 1748–May 19, 1780). In the summer of 1779,
when Maria was 31 years old, she moved to her brother Wilhelm in Köping
(Chap. 19). Unfortunately she died the following year, probably from tuberculosis.
Paul Joachim Scheele (December 6, 1749–November 12, 1825). Paul was not
born when Scheele left Stralsund, and they can only have met once, when Paul was
c. 16–18 years old. Paul was the most well-educated of the Scheele-children: he
studied at Gymnasium Sundensis in Stralsund 1760–1765 and was registered at the
University of Halle on April 28, 1773 where he studied medicine. He graduated on
January 16, 1775 and in the introduction to his thesis [35], he wrote that he initially
had intended to write a thesis on a chemical subject [29]. First, he practised in
Dresden, but in autumn 1775, he moved to Stralsund, where he stayed until 1778,
when he moved to Neiße (present day Nysa in Poland). The same year he mentioned plans to move to Breslau (present day Wrocław in Poland) as a physician in
the Prussian army. In 1781, he moved to Berlin, where he lived with an uncle on his
father’s side. He appears to have planned to move to Sweden, but instead moved to
Köslin (present day Koszalin in Poland), where he married Anna Zarnin on
December 19, 1783. He died in Köslin in 1825. He kept himself informed about his
brother Wilhelm’s research and showed interest in the physiological effects of
oxygen [36].
Carl Wilhelm was 11 years old when his older brother Johan Martin died in
Gothenburg. Wilcke/Sjöstén claims that young Scheele had expressed a wish to
take his brother’s position at the pharmacy in Gothenburg. A physician called
Schütte and an apothecary called Cornelius were friends of the Scheele family [37]
and may have inspired Scheele. At any rate, it was decided that Scheele should go
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to Batavia (present day Jakarta in Indonesia), where he became a merchant, but died
young.
Friedrich Christoph Scheele (June 14, 1741–1817). When his father, Joachim
Christian, died in 1776, Freiedrich Christoph took over his father’s business, but he
also had to support his mother and unmarried sisters Anna and Maria. He also
supported his younger brother Paul’s medical studies, which contributed to his
financial problems [31]. Soon after his father’s death, he had to give up the business
for some time [32]. After marrying the daughter of wealthy Stralsund apothecary
Frederici in 1779, his economy improved [33]. Carl Wilhelm corresponded with his
brother for his entire life, and Friedrich Christoph is listed as a subscriber of Carl
Wilhelm’s collected works [34], as was father-in-law, Apothecary Frederici.
Catharina Ilsabetha Scheele (April 14, 1744–April 15, 1766). Catharina Ilsabetha
died young, and no details of her life are known.
Christiana Rosina Scheele (December 22, 1745–1782). Christina Rosina was the
only of Scheele’s sisters who married, which she did on October 11, 1775, with
clergyman Gabriel Daniel Groth of Altenkirchen on the Wittow peninsula of
Rügen.
Maria Juliana Scheele (June 6, 1748–May 19, 1780). In the summer of 1779,
when Maria was 31 years old, she moved to her brother Wilhelm in Köping
(Chap. 19). Unfortunately she died the following year, probably from tuberculosis.
Paul Joachim Scheele (December 6, 1749–November 12, 1825). Paul was not
born when Scheele left Stralsund, and they can only have met once, when Paul was
c. 16–18 years old. Paul was the most well-educated of the Scheele-children: he
studied at Gymnasium Sundensis in Stralsund 1760–1765 and was registered at the
University of Halle on April 28, 1773 where he studied medicine. He graduated on
January 16, 1775 and in the introduction to his thesis [35], he wrote that he initially
had intended to write a thesis on a chemical subject [29]. First, he practised in
Dresden, but in autumn 1775, he moved to Stralsund, where he stayed until 1778,
when he moved to Neiße (present day Nysa in Poland). The same year he mentioned plans to move to Breslau (present day Wrocław in Poland) as a physician in
the Prussian army. In 1781, he moved to Berlin, where he lived with an uncle on his
father’s side. He appears to have planned to move to Sweden, but instead moved to
Köslin (present day Koszalin in Poland), where he married Anna Zarnin on
December 19, 1783. He died in Köslin in 1825. He kept himself informed about his
brother Wilhelm’s research and showed interest in the physiological effects of
oxygen [36].
Carl Wilhelm was 11 years old when his older brother Johan Martin died in
Gothenburg. Wilcke/Sjöstén claims that young Scheele had expressed a wish to
take his brother’s position at the pharmacy in Gothenburg. A physician called
Schütte and an apothecary called Cornelius were friends of the Scheele family [37]
and may have inspired Scheele. At any rate, it was decided that Scheele should go
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