SCAMMELL, LUTHER ROBERT (1858-1940), pharmaceutical manufacturer, was born on 20
March 1858 at Port Adelaide, second of twelve children of Luther Scammell, an
English-born chemist, and his wife Lavinia Annette, née Bean. After attending J.
L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution, young Luther joined his father's
firm, F. H. Faulding & Co., and attended chemistry classes run by the
public analyst George Francis. In 1877 he travelled to England with his elder
brother William to study under Dr John Muter at the South London School of
Pharmacy, Kennington. He passed the examinations of the (Royal) Pharmaceutical
Society of Great Britain, and was registered as a chemist and druggist on 30 April
1879. Having gained experience at the Public Laboratory, Kennington Cross, he
returned to the family business as a manufacturing chemist and became responsible
for preparing many compounds that had previously been imported.
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Luther Robert Scammel became a partner with the pharmacist, Francis H. Faulding (qv) in 1861. The firm, F.H. Faulding & Co. Ltd, were very innovative, being the first to import chloroform, distributing cocaine preparations in 1858, producing the first olive oil from South Australian olives in 1864 and producing antiseptics ('Solyptol') in 1867.
His son, William, worked in the accounts department of the firm and moved to Sydney in about 1908 as the manager of the New South Wales branch.
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