Philipp Friedrich Gmelin
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| Philipp F. Gmelin | |
| Image:Philipp Friedrich Gmelin.jpg Philipp Friedrich Gmelin (1721-1768)
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| Born | 19 August 1721 Tübingen, Germany |
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| Died | 9 May 1768 (aged 46) Tübingen, Germany |
| Residence |  Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Botanist and chemist |
| Institutions | University of Tübingen |
| Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
| Doctoral advisor | Burchard Mauchart |
| Doctoral students | Johann Friedrich Gmelin |
| Known for | Pancreatic ducts and chemistry of antimony |
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Johann Friedrich Gmelin is also his eldest son. |
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Philipp Friedrich Gmelin (1721-1768) was a professor of botany and chemistry. He studied the chemistry of antimony and wrote texts on the pancreatic ducts, on mineral waters, and on botany.
He obtained his MD in 1742 at the University of Tübingen under Burchard Mauchart.
[edit] References
- J. Chem. Ed., 1954, 32, pp. 534-541.
- Chem. Ber., 1939, 72, pp. 5A-33A.
- Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1962, vol. 2, p. 776.
- Michaud Biographie Universelle (2nd Ed.), Delagrabe, 1843-1865, vol. 16, p. 646.
- Dictionaire des Sciences Medicales Biographie Medicale, C. L. F. Panoucke, 1820-1822, vol. 4, pp. 461-462.
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