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Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748–1804)
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| Born | August 8, 1748 Tübingen, Germany |
| Died | November 1, 1804 (aged 56) Göttingen, Germany |
| Residence | Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Naturalist, botanist and entomologist |
| Institutions | University of Göttingen University of Tübingen |
| Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
| Doctoral advisor | Philipp Friedrich Gmelin |
| Doctoral students | Georg Friedrich Hildebrandt Friedrich Stromeyer Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer Wilhelm August Lampadius |
| Known for | Textbooks |
| Author abbreviation (botany) | J.F.Gmel. |
Johann Friedrich Gmelin (August 8, 1748 – November 1, 1804) was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist and malacologist.
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Johann Friedrich Gmelin was born as the eldest son of Philipp Friedrich Gmelin in 1748 in Tübingen. He studied medicine under his father[1] at University of Tübingen and graduated with an MD in 1769, with a thesis entitled: Irritabilitatem vegetabilium, in singulis plantarum partibus exploratam ulterioribusque experimentis confirmatam. Gmelin's thesis advisor, his father Philipp, died a few months before the thesis was completed.
In 1769, Gmelin became an adjunct professor of medicine at University of Tübingen. In 1773 he became professor of philosophy and adjunct professor of medicine at University of Göttingen. He was promoted to full professor of medicine and professor of chemistry, botany and mineralogy in 1778. He died in 1804 in Göttingen.
Johann Friedrich Gmelin published several textbooks in the fields of chemistry, pharmaceutical science, mineralogy and botany. He also published the 13th edition of Systema Naturae by Carolus Linnaeus in 1788.
The Artemisia plant Gmelin's Wormwood or Artemisia gmelinii is named after him.
Among his students were Georg Friedrich Hildebrandt, Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer, Friedrich Stromeyer and Wilhelm August Lampadius. He was the father of Leopold Gmelin.
He discovered the Redfin Pickerel in 1789.
In the scientific field of herpetology he described many new species of amphibians and reptiles.[2]