His father was also a chemical industrialist who had established factories in Liverpool, St Helens and Newton-le-Willows.
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Richard was sent by his father to study chemistry under Justus von Liebig at the University of Giessen in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany.
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Frederic was frequently absent from the factory and in 1867 its management was taken over by his father until this was passed to Frederic's younger brother, Edmund.
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