Felip Comabella i Guimet (May 13, 1841, in Montargull – May 9, 1901, in Barcelona) was a very well-known pharmacist. In 1885 he presented products developed by himself in the Exposition in Anwerp, 1885, and he obtained a gold medal. In 1895 he joined the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia.[1] He had also been nominated commander and knight of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. He had married Concepció Maluqer i Porta.[2]
He opened the Comabella Drugstore at the house of Epifani de Fortuny, at the Carme street number 23, constructed in 1851 by Francesc Daniel Molina i Casamajó, one of the best architects of that time. The drugstore was inherited by his son, Joan Comabella i Maluquer, Biological Sciences bachelor and doctorate in pharmacy in 1897. He married another Maluuqer, Josefina Maluquer Anzizu, daughter of Eduard Maluquer i Tirrell, president of the Diputació (1886/90), parliamentary and senator.[2]
The Comabella Drugstore was reconstructed at the beginning of the twentieth century by the architect Guillem Busquets i Vautravens, and became one of the best known modernist buildings in Barcelona. There was still another Comabella in charge of the drugstore, Manuel Comabella i Maluquer, grandson of the Comabella born in Montargull, who finally sold the drugstore in 1946.[2]
References edit
- ^ Comabella i Guimet 1895.
- ^ a b c Valentí Pons (April 12, 2014). "Barcelona - Farmàcia Comabella". Modernisme de dins i fora de Catalunya. Blogs d'El Punt - Avui (in Catalan). Retrieved September 20, 2014.
Bibliography edit
- Comabella i Guimet, Felip (1895). Discurso de ingreso en la recepción pública del académico electo (PDF) (in Spanish). Barcelona: Reial Acadèmia de Medicina i Cirurgia de Barcelona. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
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