Leopold Gmelin

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Leopold Gmelin

Born	(1788-08-02)2 August 1788 Göttingen
Died	13 April 1853(1853-04-13) (aged 64) Heidelberg
Nationality	German
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	University of Heidelberg
Influences	Friedrich Stromeyer

Leopold Gmelin (2 August 1788 – 13 April 1853) was a German chemist.

Gmelin was the son of Johann Friedrich Gmelin. He studied medicine and chemistry at Göttingen, Tübingen and Vienna, and in 1813 began to lecture on chemistry at Heidelberg, where in 1814 he was appointed extraordinary-, and in 1817 ordinary-, professor of chemistry and medicine. He was the discoverer of potassium ferricyanide (1822), and wrote the Handbuch der Chemie (first edition 1817–1819, 4th ed. 1843–1855), an important work in its day, which was translated into English for the Cavendish Society by Henry Watts in 1848–1850. Friedrich Wöhler finished his study of medicine at Gmelin's laboratory. Gmelin resigned his chair at Heidelberg in 1852, leaving Robert Bunsen to succeed him, and died in Heidelberg.

Gmelin and his wife in 1820

German postal stamp featuring Gmelin

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
Bernd Wöbke (1988). "Das Portrait: Leopold Gmelin (1788–1853)". Chemie in unserer Zeit 22 (6): 208–216. doi:10.1002/ciuz.19880220605.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 64046278 LCCN: n89667939 ISNI: 0000 0001 1067 4912 GND: 118852655 BNF: cb12164033s

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Name	Gmelin, Leopold
Alternative names
Short description	German chemist
Date of birth	2 August 1788
Place of birth	Göttingen, Germany
Date of death	13 April 1853
Place of death	Heidelberg, Germany

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