| Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering | |
| Birth Date: | 31 May 1824 |
| Birth Place: | Prenzlau, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation |
| Death Place: | Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Known For: | Founder of the Schering Corporation |
Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering (31 May 1824 - 27 December 1889) was a German apothecary and industrialist who created the Schering Corporation. The company split into Schering AG and Schering-Plough after US assets were seized during World War II.
Schering was born on 31 May 1824 in Prenzlau.[1] In 1851 he opened a pharmacy in Chausseestrasse, in the north of Berlin.[2] [3] He died on December 27, 1889, and was buried in the Protestant Friedhof III der Jerusalems- und Neuen Kirchengemeinde (Cemetery No. III of the congregations of Jerusalem's Church and New Church) in Berlin-Kreuzberg, south of Hallesches Tor.
The Ernst Schering Prize is awarded annually in his honour by the Schering Foundation for outstanding research in medicine, biology or chemistry.[4]