Erik Julin
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Commercial Counsellor Erik Julin |
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13 November 1796 Oulu, Sweden |
| Died | 21 June 1874 (aged 77) Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland |
| Monuments | bust in Turku (Walter Runeberg) |
| Education | apothecary |
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| Spouse(s) | Christina Sofia née Sundbäck |
| Children | Erik Julin Jr. (1825–1857) |
| Parent(s) | Johan Julin and Albertina née Karberg |
Erik Julin (13 November 1796 – 21 June 1874) was a Finnish apothecary, shipowner and industrialist.
After his studies Julin continued his father's pharmacy in Turku. He started shipping business which first operated locally and later overseas. Julin was founding owner of Russo-Finnish Whaling Company and significant owner of Turku shipbuilders Åbo Skeppswarf and W:m Crichton & C:o.
Julin initiated foundation of the first voluntary fire brigade of Finland and he developed actively the financial sector.
Julin was born in Oulu, Ostrobothnia. His parents were apothecary Johan Julin and Albertina née Karberg. Erik Julin continued his father's profession; he studied in Turku Cathedral School in 1810–1813 and after this in Imperial Academy of Turku. He spent academic year 1815–1816 in University of Dorpat. Like his older brother Johan Jakob, he decided to follow his father's steps in pharmaseutical field. Julin did his internship in his father's pharmacy and also in . During 1819–1820 Julin studied in professor Johann Trommsdorff's pharmaseutical institute in Erfurt, Prussia where he also learnt analysing minerals. Julin graduated Master of Pharmacy in 1820.
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