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DR. GUSTAF SCHACK-SOMMER died in London on October 16, aged eighty-two years. The sugar industry, home-grown sugar in particular, and his many friends will regret the passing of one who was blessed with a charming personality and presence, and whose interest in sugar was maintained to the last. He was unmarried. It was his intention to be present at the International Conference of Sugar Analysts in London in September, but unfortunately he was prevented by ill-health at the last moment. His family home was at Marienlyst, Elsinore, in Denmark, but at the time of his birth in 1854 his father was Danish Consul in Hamburg, and it was there that he spent his school life, although the summer vacation was always spent at Elsinore. In 1872 he was attracted to Heidelberg by the work of Bunsen, Kirchhoff and Kopp, and in 1875 he graduated and obtained his Ph.D. degree. His first professional post was in a German chemical works.
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Dr. G. Schack-Sommer. Nature 138, 1087–1088 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/1381087b0
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