Friedrich August Flückiger

Friedrich August Flückiger (also spelled Flueckiger; 15 May 1828 - 11 December 1894)[1] was a Swiss pharmacist, chemist and botanist.

He was the author of the botanical name Boswellia sacra,[1][2] a tree native to Somalia, Oman, and Yemen[3] that is a major source of frankincense.

Flückiger was the author of about 300 scientific works, and along with contributions made in chemistry and pharmacognosy, is remembered for his pioneer investigations in the field of pharmaceutical history.

This fund is awarded every 5 years, alternatively by the German Association of pharmacists and its Swiss counterpart.

The first three recipients were Edward Morell Holmes (1897), Schmidt (professor at the University of Marburg, 1902) and Édouard Heckel (1907).