BACHE, FRANKLIN (1 i 92-1864), American chemist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., on Oct. 25, 1792, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 181o. He served in the Army during the War of 1812, when he was appointed surgeon's mate and later surgeon. He was given his degree as doctor of medicine from the University of Pennsylvania in 1814. He began practice in Philadelphia in 1816 and published a treatise on chemistry in 1819. In 1833 he published, in conjunction with Dr. G. B. Wood, the first edition of The Dispensatory of the United States of America, which became the standard authority on drugs with physicians and pharmacists. He died in Philadelphia on March 19, 1864.
See G. B. Wood, Memoir of Franklin Bache (Philadelphia, 1865):